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# A Die-Hard T/S User Enters the World of MS-DOS

This is an odd column to write. Indeed, 1 am not even sure that our editor will want to publish it! But the fact must be faced that the “mainstream” of personal computing has flowed onward in the last six years, and certain applications are either beyond the reach of Sinclair machines, or there is no one left who will provide the professional-quality programs or hardware options that we “end-users” want. I realize that the foregoing sentence may be “fightin’ words”, but it also happens to be the truth. Here is my confession in a nutshell: I have built an XT clone to use as my office computer, replacing the QL after two years of faithful service.