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. It works perfectly under wine, both the 32 and 64 bit versions, on linux mint 19. Eightyone sinclair emulator eightyone is an emulator for the range of home computers made by sinclair research and their clones. This specific release has been made for everyone that wants to get a stable emulation of a regular sinclair ql system on a 32 bit windows platform, quickly and for free. Ql cash trader cash accounting package, rwap software ql cosmos astronomy program, talent available from rwap software programmer. Unfortunately, the ql was slow to market, while sinclair was fixing hardware and software bugs. 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. Qemulator is a software emulator of the ql, running as an application in the windows and mac os environments. A powerful beast for its day 1984 but hobbled by pennypinching design constraints. Ql opdinterchange software to run on sinclair ql to transfer programs and data between the ql and icl one per desk also known as the computerphone and merlin tonto html 0 0 0 0 updated feb 15, 2017. Another option, would be to download one of the excellent zx spectrum emulators for the sinclair ql and use it to run the wide range of games which were. He still takes a lively interest in the ql so lively that many ofhis opinions are unprintable. Design idea of qlay is to fully support the sinclair ql hardware. Sinclair s management decided to ship those first 89 machines without, he says, telling the software division.
Q emulator is a software emulator of the ql, running as an application in the. 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. I have no idea how to work this yet, but the user guide and reference manual will make interesting maybe bedtime reading. Software that emulates a sinclair ql computer on a windows operating system. Qemulator sinclair ql emulator qemulator is a software emulator of the ql, running as an application in the windows and mac os environments. Dilwyn joness ql pages well maintained site with comprehensive ql related information and a huge software download library the repository of the sinclair ql preservation project well maintained project with valuable sinclair ql related information and software. Software publishers were also reluctant to support the ql due to the necessity of using microdrive cartridges as a distribution medium. Dilwyn joness ql pages well maintained site with comprehensive ql related information and a huge software download library. To download qemulator, visit either the windows or os x page on this web site. Its worth recording however his belief that the delay was exclusively due to problems with the machinery itself, the apparent.
Qlay sinclair ql emulator for windows95, dos and linux. Qlpui provides a desktop, mouse pointer, window environment, window themes and scalable fonts select font load replace. More info on gmove and download of it can be found here. 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. Qlay and qlayw release, with executables and source code. Qxlwin is a cross platform application that allows the internal structure of a qxl a sinclair ql emulator pseudo hard drive file to be explored and manipulated almost at will. It also shows how to use the hardware and software facilities of the ql, including the 8049 second processor. View and download sinclair ql service manual online. Jan 10th 2014 this new website is the repository to host the files of the sinclair ql preservation project sqpp. Most of the packages on this site are in zip file format ql zip and unzip packages are available from the archivers. Ql software downloads dilwyn jones sinclair ql pages. While the inexpensive microdrives sounds like a good idea, they are limited in speed and data capacity. The ql was aimed at the hobbyist and small business markets, but failed to achieve commercial success.
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. Games, file handler, sound and graphics programs are included. Documentation sinclair ql software developers guide covers all the traps and the best detail of the hardware. This core needs a ql rom image on sd card named ql. The sinclair ql short for quantum leap was a groundbreaking multitasking computer system introduced by cambridge, uk company sinclair research in 1984. Sinclair zx spectrum ql series emulators on windows and other platforms, free sinclair zx spectrum ql series emulator downloads, as well as. 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 repository sinclair ql preservation project sqpp. Ive added quite a few ql software packages from qbits to my site this week. As a result we have amassed a large collection of sinclair ql software, and decided in 2007, with the launch of the sinclair ql wiki to commence a program of collecting further titles, reading the information from old microdrive cartridges and disks, so that they could be stored on the pc and working copies made of the software. Sinclair ql downloads emulators you have 0 articles to compare.
The semiofficial website related to the sinclair ql professional computer. Rwap software is offering the complete sinclair ql games collection 1 10 commercial ql games for only 5. Free circuit analysis software the sinclair ql forum. You can just click on these icons to start a program it makes life so much easier than having to manually type in exec commands. Blog index and site links software for a sinclair ql. Convert sinclair ql word processing quill etc documents to pdf, html, text and docbook xml. The homepage sinclair ql preservation project sqpp. The repository of the sinclair ql preservation project well maintained project with valuable sinclair ql related information and software. Qlpui is a prototype of a modern gui for qdos, running on a q60 video card. Sinclair user since 1983, im collecting all sinclair original software conceirning. Sinclair ql project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The ql, based on the motorola 68008 microprocessor, was aimed at the hobbyist and small business markets, but failed to achieve commercial success. King amongst these was the ql s storage devices, the woeful microdrives. This is the sinclair ql games boxset 2 this is the digital download version of the boxset with an img file for the disk, and a pdf version of the manual and reference card for ql flight simulator.
Qemulator has an interpreter of the 68008s instructions, and emulates the basic ql s hardware, redirecting input and output to the macs or pcs video, keyboard, mouse, disks, sound hardware and. Qlay sinclair ql emulator for windows95, dos and linux release 0. 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. About this release this release comprises almos everything has been published for zx spectrum and zx81 and sinclair ql, although these two computers sold few and not much software has been produced for them.
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. Qemulator is an emulator of the sinclair ql home computer for mac os x. This is the sinclair ql games boxset 5 this is the digital download version of the boxset with an img file for the disk, and a. Jan 10th 2014 this new website is the repository to host the files of the. Sinclair ql, quanta and ql today information plus downloads. Starting from the basics, the internal structure and register. A block diagram of the sinclair ql is given in figure 1. Black phoenix is totally based on freeware produced over the years by several ql users and is offered free only. Sinclair ql games from rwap software 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. This is one of several sinclair ql boxsets released during 2014, to mark the 30th anniversary of the sinclair ql home computer.
Welcome to dilwyn joness ql information and pd software download pages. Linus torvalds 1986 sinclair ql software gmove pre linux. These are mostly updated versions of older ql software from the company. When it finally did ship in may 1984, some systems had the operating system in an external rom, which was plugged into the back of the system. Linus torvalds 1986 sinclair ql software gmove pre linux video 1 of 2 qlvsjaguar. This is one of several sinclair ql game boxsets released during 2014, to mark the 30th anniversary of the sinclair ql home computer. When these were announced on ql forum, many of the early adopters remarked. This project has been launched as part of the ql is 25 activities way back in 2009. Qdock is an example of a program dock system, which is a kind of tray in which programs are parked and represented by icons. Sinclair ql computer 3d model electronics on hum3d.
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