| 'Hacker' Dead, Long Live IQLR |
The venerable ‘HACKER’ from Las Vegas Nevada published its last issue early this year. |
Sinclair QL |
| "All The News Fit to Print" |
Arctan Computer Ventures offers programs for ZX81/TS1000 users; E. Arthur Brown has exclusive publishing rights to The Hacker’s Handbook; Dungeon of Ymir version three available; Money Machine II available; Soundesign and Tracer available from RMG; replacement SCLDs from Capitol Area Timex/Sinclair Users Group; Tomahawk from Knighted Computers; ROMON for Sinclair QL; Zebra Systems purchased the |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| "Black Beauty" |
Bob named it. After helping Don Walterman build and review the Falkenberg DIY kit to put a QL into a PC type mini tower case and seeing the system that Bob had built for his own QL that was all in black, it inspired me to want to do the same. |
Sinclair QL |
| "DiskTidy" A Quanta Library Gem |
One of the most interesting and useful utility programs which I have been using for some time is called DISKTIDY. This program allows you to catalog all of your many disks in an orderly manner and brings a definite means of maintaining useful data files. |
Sinclair QL |
| "PATHS" on the QL |
Following on from the article above using the DEV device on Gold Cards to adapt software to run from subdirectories on ED disks or from hard disks, | now present the second part of this treatise on DEV. This time I show how to use it to implement a facility along the lines of PATH |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| "Thread Spooling" With the Cumana QL Disk Drive Interface |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| (Another) QXL Update |
Version 2.31 of SMSQ, the “OXL” operating system has arrived. Programs written in SBasic can now be multitasked with each other. SMSQ will now accept hexidecimal and binary numbers directly, and permits indirect PEEK ing (to access system variables). The SBasic (Ed)itor has been improved with several additional Cursor movements, for a more QUILL-like feel. |
Sinclair QL |
| 10 and Still Going Strong! |
So the QL was ten years old this year. Well it looks more like it ’s growing like a new born babe. |
Sinclair QL |
| 1992 QL Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| 2 QL Jewels |
Sound Experimentor and Easel Print. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 2068 to QL Transfers |
Methods of transferring files between the two computers. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 2D Arrays in Small-C |
In a recent article in The C Users Journal, Don Lang discusses how to implement 2D arrays on C. His article covers code that when added to the original Small-C source, allows Small-C to support 2D arrays. Since the source code for the QL’s Small-C compiler is not available, we could not use the code |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 3-D Wire Frame Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 3-D Wire Frame Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 3-D Wire Frame Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 3-D Wire Frame Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| 3.2 Meg Disk Drives |
We’ve located two suppliers in North America selling these drives. They are advertised as 2.8 or 2.88 meg drives, as this is all the PC will format to. Don’t buy a special controller, the Gold Card does not require it, the PC does. It is a straight forward hookup, using the same cable you presently |
Sinclair QL |
| 3.2 Meg Disk Drives |
Miracle Systems has informed us that they have an upgrade ROM (version 2.24) for the GOLD CARD that they will provide free of charge when requested by individuals who purchased earlier versions. This replacement chip improves the use of the 3.2 meg drives = ie ag providing a “slow down” option that will make arcade |
Sinclair QL |
| 3D Terrain |
3D Terrain, written by Ian Thompson and Rich Mellor, is a well thought out, addictive program, that takes data from Abacus and presents it in a 3 Dimensional form ED Note: Unlike some utility programs that generate 3D bar graphs or pie charts, this program produces a topigraphical 3 dimensional landscape presentation of the data).. |
Sinclair QL |
| 3Rd Annual Italian QL Fair |
QITALY CLUB in conjunction with SPEM of Italy will host the 3rd Italian QL User Fair on Sunday the 12th of January 1992, at Via Ponchielli 26/A, Turin, Italy. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Beginner on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Brief History of SMSQ |
knew right from the start I should not do it, but so many people were asking for SMS to come out from under its covers that, in early 1992, I outlined a strategy (with Miracle Systems and Jochen Merz) to make a “QL compatible” version of SMS available. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Brief Note |
As you can see by the size of this issue IQLR has had to cut back in the number of pages per issue. Not for the lack of material, but due to the 72% increase in the cost of paper since the turn of the year and the increased rate of postage both here and |
Sinclair QL |
| A Capslock Indicator for the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Checkbook Program Using Abacus |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Composite Booster |
Consider using a VCR dubbing enhancer to boost video signal output. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A Conglomeration of QL TIPS |
Initializing Trump card and speed screen in boot programs; copy a complete micro drive cartridge with Trump card; back to business with the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Cure for Overheating |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Cure for Overheating |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Data Acquisition System for the QL |
Brief description of the system. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Different Kind of Show |
There are computer shows and then there are computer shows. What is that supposed to mean? Well, let’s begin with what I expect at a show. I expect dealers to figuratively grab me by the lapels and say something like, “Come here and see what I have that you simply can’t do without” or “You |
Sinclair QL |
| A Directory Printer |
If you have just a few files on, say, flpl, a quick and dirty hard copy of the directory could be obtained by OPEN #3, SER1: STAT #3: WSTAT #3. Unfortunately, for more than about 25 to 30 files, the result is distinctly un-neat. Whence, the following effort to get a mite better organized. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A File Printer |
This program grew out of a want for neatly paged, dated, and identified file printouts. The original version handled only SuperBasic program files. However, when the basic (no pun intended!) similarities between SBasic and text (ASCII) files became obvious, the program was expanded to include text output. The primary difference is that an arbitrary range |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Full Window Directory for the Sinclair QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Future for the QL |
As you may have heard by now, we (PROGS) are working on a new windowing environment for the QL : ProWesS (which is short for “PROGS Windowing System’). A very early version has been shown to some people at the meeting in Eindhoven, and a slightly more recent version is currently distributed on the LINEdesign |
Sinclair QL |
| A Hot QL Fix |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Hot QL Fix |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Little More on the MS DOS Emulator for the QL Computer |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Mail File in Archive |
Create a simple database. |
Sinclair QL |
| A New House for the QL |
After years of tolerating various components of my QL “system” and all of the interconnecting cables associated therewith, occupying most of the space on my desk, I decided it was time to take action. |
Sinclair QL |
| A New House for the QL |
After years of tolerating various components of my “QL system” and all of the interconnecting cables associated therewith, occupying most of the space on my desk, I decided it was time to take action. |
Sinclair QL |
| A New House for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| A New QL Emulator for the Mac |
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Sinclair QL |
| A New QL Magazine |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Note from DI-REN |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Peek at Chaos |
I’ve “done” fractals since the T/S 1000. With almost any machine, you may wander for yourself through places only the most esoteric of mathematicians wandered a few years ago. As I read lan Stewart’s book, Does God Play Dice? my enthusiasm was rekindled, and you see the result below. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Peek at QLTOOLS |
Getting data to and from the QL and MS-DOS has been fairly easy for a while. There are a number of QL programs that will read and write an MS-DOS disk. Sometimes it’s more convenient to be able to have MS-DOS write to a QDOS disk, then there are computers which the QL does not |
Sinclair QL |
| A Portable Forth Model, eFORTH |
eFORTH is the name of a FORTH model designed to be portable between a large number of the newer and more powerful processors existing now, or becoming available in the near future. FORTH for the QL is a version 32 bits absolute address and 32 bits stack. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Previously Undocumented Feature in QLuMSi DOS v4.30 |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Primer for Using a QL-Mutilator |
MS-DOS conventions for QL users. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Private Library |
OK bunky, so you’ve fought your way through the BBS and gotten to the QL program area – WHAT do all those files do? |
Sinclair QL |
| A QL Address File |
A simple address database program presented as a tutorial. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Auto-Loader |
By using the storage device for conversion of directory information to data which can be loaded back into array cl$(). This adaptation of the CAT_PRINT routine provides a menu-loader similar to the one for the TS2068 SAFE DOS user. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Index Program |
When you want to repeat something in Superbasic, the easy way is to englobe everything in a REPeat END REPeat loop, instead of GOTO. That’s what I have done to your small program. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL LList Utility |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Printing Primer |
Here is a little tutorial for setting up the QL to print to paper “without a word processor”. It does not do much but print un-formatted lines to the left margins as set at the printer. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL Spreadsheet Matrix |
Creating a spreadsheet template in Abacus. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A QL/MS-DOS Emulator -- Finally! |
A hardy breed, Sinclair QL owners long ago learned to weather the pitying stares of friends, colleagues, computer sales clerks and other assorted ignorami. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Reflection - Editor SE |
While reviewing the fourth installment of The EDITOR SE, I realized that a screen dump containing the listing of the disk label program with printer control codes never made it into print. I have re-submitted the listing to IQLR with an explanation of each line of the program which appears below. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Report - International QL Meeting |
Friday February 26th fourteen of us depart from Great Britain for Eindhoven in the dreaded Quanta minibus, driven by Phil Borman (not that Phil’s driving is any reason to dread travelling in it!). Our destination was St Joris college, Eindhoven, for the latest International QL. Meeting, organised by the Dutch and German QL user clubs. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Review of Banter, the Banner Maker |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Review of QLerk |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Review of Sidewriter |
The Sidewriter documentation makes modest sounding claims: Sidewriter prints spreadsheet files (exported from Abacus to Quill) or plain text files in landscape print (sideways). Sidewriter offers options on fonts, output destination, 9 or 24 pin printer, print intensity via number of printing passes, paper width, file line width (sideways down the page), columns per inch |
Sinclair QL |
| A Scot's Visit to Oak Ridge |
After seeing details of the proposed 3rd North American QL Show in the March/April edition of IQLR, I started to make arrangements immediately; any delay would have ensured that some insuperable problem would arise or that time would slip by until it became too late to get organised. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Selective Menu-Loader |
Program for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| A SERMouse Adapter |
Sometime ago, having been encouraged by John Impellizzeri’s review of SERMouse, I took the plunge and bought a serial mouse from MEI/Micro for the munificent sum of $7.87 (even better than John’s $10 minimum !). |
Sinclair QL |
| A Short Lecture With Some Experiments for You to Try |
The first thing I want to make clear is that this little bit of a lecture is not for the guru, but rather for the many who have never really tried a lot of the TK2 tricks available. I do not know them all myself. So let’s get on with the job and try a |
Sinclair QL |
| A Simple Morse Decoder for the QL |
Program to decode morse off the network port. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Sinclair QL Programmer's Comparison |
For MS-DOS programmers that never programmed on a Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Streamlined Boot |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A Supplier Responds |
I would like to add to Doug LaVernes test of Black Knight which appeared in volume 4 issue 2 of IQLR. The version tested was an early one and contained some oddities, these are now fixed. The same is true for C68 problems, which were mainly related to bad (or no) cache handling. This is |
Sinclair QL |
| A Text Application for Abacus |
One normally expects to use a spreadsheet program to manipulate lines and columns of numbers. I work in the anesthesia department of a fairly large hospital and have been using ABACUS for designing work schedules for the past year. Having first planned to do scheduling using QUILL, I soon found out that ABACUS offered advantages |
Sinclair QL |
| A Tip for QL Owners |
One user found out the hard way that the QL chassis is grounded, resulting in blown video output. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Trip Down Memory Lane |
Diversity is a good word to use when talking about QL users. This has been well demonstrated by the series of articles run in IQLR describing how different QLers use their systems. To further illustrate this impression, and with the hopes that others will find similarities in their use of QL systems, I have agreed |
Sinclair QL |
| A Visit to QBox |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Visit to QBox! |
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Sinclair QL |
| A Visit to the Stipple |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| A-B Boxes and other Ramblings |
DIY switch boxes for disk drives. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| A-Dee-Doo-Dah: A Front-End for the Unzip Utility |
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Sinclair QL |
| Abacus - The Word Processor |
I need Columns of Text. I need Columns that stay put when other Text is moved around them. I need to move words up and down, side to side and arrange them in order by number or by letter. I need a very sophisticated word processor and I have, alas, QUILL! Fortunately, I also have |
Sinclair QL |
| Abacus Info |
We haven’t mentioned much about QLSS or Abacus. We want to draw your attention to some of the nicer features of this excellent spreadsheet. First, buried deep in the back of the QL User Guide, in the information section, is a description of how to change typestyles. For example, suppose you want to have your |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| ABC PC Keyboard Interface |
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Sinclair QL |
| About Tooklit II |
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Anyone who has keystroked COPY mdv2 _fred to mdvl_fred a zilllon times to backup media finds WCOPY worth the price alone. Certainly, the Toolkit II manual is a forbidding document. There is no tutorial; just a |
Sinclair QL |
| About TOOLKIT II |
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Article reprinted from BoSTUG Sinclair/Timex Newsletter. |
Sinclair QL |
| Accelerating Abacus |
Techniques for making the program faster. |
Sinclair QL |
| Accessing PRINTER_DAT |
This article sets out to explain the file structure of the PRINTER_DAT printer driver used by Quill, Archive and Abacus. A program is presented which prints to the screen all of the codes used in the driver and in so doing, shows how you can access the driver for use in your own programs, for |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Across the Pond |
QL issues and support. War in the East game, written by Mark Stueber, ported to QL. Robert Fingerle, of Tesseract Software Development, produces Concept 3-D, a CAD program for the QL. Fingerle was also responsible for Textwriter 1000 and Textwriter 2000. The latter supported full size printers and the 2068’s 64 column mode. |
Sinclair QL |
| Across the Pond |
Launch of the QL in the US. Describes the QL hardware and software, compares it to other current options, including PC clones. QL ICE (Icon Controlled Environment) from Eidersoft discussed. |
Sinclair QL |
| Across the Pond |
Look back on 1986. Introduction of QL. Second Midwest computer Fest. QL Talker, a speech synthesizer that connects to the serial port. More about AERCO’s CP/M option for the 2068 and a brief mention of Dungeon of Ymir for the 1000. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Across the Pond |
Describes how news of Amstrad’s buyout of Sinclair has impacted the American scene. Carol and George Whitham, who founded A+ Computer Response, had taken on the QL. Also reporting on the 1986 Midwest Timex/Sinclair Computer Fest, including details about Zebra Systems’ programmer’s working up to the last minute before the show. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Add an On/Off Switch to Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Add an ON/OFF Switch to Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Add an On/Off Switch to Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Add an ON/OFF Switch to Your QL |
I’ll never understand what it is that Sir Clive has against the simple and convenient on/off switch. Neither the ZX81, the Spectrum, nor the QL were provided with them. Having to always be plugging and unplugging the power supply is not only bothersome, it quickly wears out the plug components! |
Sinclair QL |
| Adding Config Blocks To Qlib Programs |
BasConfig is a utility, written by Oliver Fink, that creates config blocks for Qliberator compiled programs. For those that don’t know, config blocks are extras chucks of data added to programs that are changeable by the user, using the program “config”. In other words, if you have a program and you want the user to |
Sinclair QL |
| Adding Fields in Archive |
We have a tip that may help some of you who are just starting to create dbf files with ARCHIVE. Suppose, for example, you have typed in 50 some odd records and then discover you have forgotten a field you need. The usual method of correcting this is to write a short procedure from Within |
Sinclair QL |
| Adding Ports to your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Adding Ports to Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Additions to CATS QL Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| Additions to the QL Library |
Over the years I have written a number of useful programs for the OL. Some of them I have used in articles for numerous newsletters. I have donated them to the club’s QL library. I thought I would let users know about the more interesting and useful. |
Sinclair QL |
| Address: QL Archive Program |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Addressing Devices in Pascal |
Pascal is a language that was designed to work with files, rather than channels (as BASIC does). In general terms, this should make no difference in most cases, but it does when we want to send output to different location. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Adjust Dataspace Please |
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Sinclair QL |
| Adjusting Easel |
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Sinclair QL |
| After a year's delay - the QL is officially here! |
Announcement of September 2, 1985 launch of the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| AI Application to be Implemented in QL |
Sinclair Research just announced a medical advisor package now being written for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Akin Brings ABACUS to Life for Followers of CATS |
Once again–this time at the February meeting–one of our CATS members provided an excellent presentation on a subject dear to all the troops in Clive’s army. AKINBOLE OLOWOFOYEKU (A’keen for short) provided an exceptionally illuminating discussion about the program called EXCHANGE, and how it works with ABACUS. |
Sinclair QL |
| Alarm Kill |
A short program to kill any alarms. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| ALT(ernatives) |
1 enjoyed Bill Cable’s recent article on using Windex to index a long Quill document. Every time I follow one of Bill’s programs, it acts as a tutorial on Archive programming. |
Sinclair QL |
| Alternative to True Multitasking |
n the March 1995 issue of QREVIEW there appeared an article titled “BEYOND QUILL” that expressed the sentiment regarding whole disks full of Spellcheckers, whose only service to the user was to indicate how many spelling mistakes were printed in the document just produced is a logical one. In order to correct those mistakes, what |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| ALTKEY Boot |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Altkeys to Boot |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Amadeus Interlink |
I have been requested to put together some details for IQLR regarding our new Amadeus Interlink system. Rather than re-writing existing information, what follows are extracts from a couple information leaflets already available. I, and many others who are familiar with concepts of Amadeus Interlink, believe this product to be of exceptional significance to the |
Sinclair QL |
| Amendments to the Trump Card User Manual |
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Sinclair QL |
| American Micro Systems catalog |
QL and Z88 hardware and software available. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| An ABACUS Without Beads |
Mention the wood “Spreadsheet” to the experienced computer user and he will immediately think of a programme for displaying, analysing and manipulating numbers. Indeed the name of the QL’s spreadsheet, ABACUS, indicates that it is a programme which involves calculations. |
Sinclair QL |
| An Accountant's View of QLerk |
To those who have had little or no training in accounting it should prove a boon as all the terms usually employed by the accounting fraternity are deliberately absent. Instead it relies on a good tutorial, common sense and a help facility. |
Sinclair QL |
| An Affordable Keyboard Interface |
I was pleased to see Di-Ren’s new ‘affordable’ keyboard interface on the front cover of the last issue of IQLR and the advert on the back was informative but with cover to cover coverage (if you’ll pardon the expression) I was disappointed to see no article within! |
Sinclair QL |
| An Appreciation |
Qdos to Will Horton and Mike Jonas for their articulate and detailed talk on the “C” language in October. Special thanks to Judy Horton for the sehr késtlich Octoberfest luncheon. |
Sinclair QL |
| An Author's Response |
As the author of WinBack, | read with interest the review of version 2.20 by Don Walterman, in volume 3, issue 5 and would like to comment on his quibbles. |
Sinclair QL |
| An Author's Response |
The recent review of QINDEX (Vol. 3 Issue 6) contains some errors, possibly due to not understanding the manual properly – and for the record, I would like to make a few corrective and/or explanatory comments:- Firstly, the two programs supplied are not, as Gary states, for those with or without the pointer environment already |
Sinclair QL |
| An Introduction to PC-Conqueror |
Review of the MS-DOS emulator for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| An Italian User's QL System(s) |
I’ve been a QL user since March 1987, when | bought a second hand 128Kb JM QL for 150 US Dollars. I then began improving my computer and at the moment I have four complete QL ia) systems, plus one bare 128K model as an emergency backup and test system. |
Sinclair QL |
| Announcements |
Quantum Levels magazines ending publishing. New issue disks. |
Sinclair QL |
| Another Look At Mazes |
In QHJ #12 there was an article on Cellular Automata that discussed how CA could be used to quickly and easily solve mazes. On Usenet I’ve seen some postings that deal with other ways to solve mazes (the more “classical” approaches). I thought they would be of interest. – ED Can anyone gave me suggestions |
Sinclair QL |
| Another Miracle? |
The long awaited, long rumored Graphics Card from Miracle Systems, may finally be a reality. |
Sinclair QL |
| Another QL Beginner Tipster |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ansi C To K&R C |
Guiseppe Zanetti mailed me a copy of an Ansi C to K&R C convert program that came from the GNU project. I have played with it and it seems to work. It is limited in dealing with just the function definitions, translating these to the old K&R syntax. It does not convert any special ANSI |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Approximate String Matching |
In past issues, string matching has been a reaccuring theme. In the April 1994 issue of “C Users Journal” there was an article on string matching that uses a different algorithm for guessing how close two strings are; Frequency Distribution. Frequency Distribution counts how many occurances of each letter appear in the word. For “test”, |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Character Codes |
Few who use Psion’s Archive realize that it redefines many of the codes in the character set. The following Archive control codes differ from those used in SuperBASIC. Some do unexpected things; some do ordinary things in different ways. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Character Codes |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Archive Fields: How to Rename or Change or Add a Field |
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Sinclair QL |
| Archive Find-Search-Select |
Short article of QL tips by a novice, copied from Quanta newsletter, with commentary. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Housekeeping |
How to perform garbage collection on an Archive file. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Indent |
I have always thought that Archive has always been one of the underrated programming languages for the QL. When I first looked at Archive, it reminded me a lot of dBase III. What has limited me from really programming in Archive has been not having a big need to write a database application and not |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Made Easy |
Intro to using Archive. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Archive Primer |
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Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series - Part 1: Database Concepts |
Databases for novices. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series - Part 2: Archive Data Structure, The Good and The Bad |
More basics of databases. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series - Part 4: Create, Open, Insert Commands |
Creating and adding information to an Archive database. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive Series - Part 5: Alter and Delete Commands |
Further exploration of Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive to DBase |
For a starting point in understanding the import/export file structure, refer to the INFORMATION section of the QL manual – it’s the last section of the manual. Page 1 and 2 of this section deal with importing and exporting data. |
Sinclair QL |
| Archive: The Final Frontier |
Intro to Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Are You a 'Quanta'? |
“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’ is a large organization, based in the UK, with over 2000 ‘members. |
Sinclair QL |
| Areas Calculator |
IMAGE D is a program that allows the user to create a three dimensional object and then manipulate that object in space. You can view the object in a number of different ways; wireframe, hidden line, shaded, one view, three views (front, plan and side views on the same screen) and in perspective. The object |
Sinclair QL |
| Arithmetic: An Arithmetic Drill Program for the QL |
A program designed to aid children in learning arithmetic. |
Sinclair QL |
| Around the World in 80 Ways |
I’ve been around the world in 80 ways, all from the comfort of home, on my QL, all via a modem and local telephone calls. The only long distance phone call will be to put this article on QBOX-USA bulletin board system in Michigan (from my home in East Tennessee) for Bob Dy! to pick |
Sinclair QL |
| ART EPP-1 Programmer V 1.01 |
This program was written by Martin Head and is available from Quanta on disk UG_3. I had been wanting to burn eproms using my QL for a long time. The obvious choice was the QEP-3 programmer which has received very positive reviews. Since the QEP-3 ties up the expansion slot, it requires a dedicated QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Artificial Intelligence on the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Ascii Dump |
In writing strip_c and converting the file to an ascii file, I needed to know what ascii characters were in the file that I would need to strip out. A number of ascii characters are not used in text files, ones like End of Transmission, Acknowlegement, and so on. On a Unix system, there is |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Atomic Powered QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Attention QCode Users |
l recently made a discovery while considering the alteration of the terminal code, so | could have a carriage return placed in a macrostring in QCODE. Hayes compatible modems require a CR (carriage return) at the end of each command to modem. If you press the ENTER key while editing your macrostrings in QCODE, you |
Sinclair QL |
| Awari |
Many years ago I keypunched at T/S 1000 game of AWARI from Sync Magazine. It is an ancient African game played in villages, but Awari is just one of the names. I quite enjoyed the challenge of the game; computer speed is not critical. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| AWK |
AWK has been ported to the QL by Peter Tillier and is a Unix language that is used for all sorts of list processing tasks. The name comes from the three writers of the language; Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. AWK works very similar to grep. For each line of input, it searches for a given |
Sinclair QL |
| Backups QL Copies |
How often have I wished that my BACKUP disk was EXACTLY the same as the ORIGINAL disk! Апd would perform in EXACTLY the same мау! |
Sinclair QL |
| Bad News, Good News and Net Wash |
First, the bad news. Dansoft, manufacturer of the Thor XVI, is out of business. This has been verified ha our secret agent who actually knocked on doors in Denmark. |
Sinclair QL |
| Bad QL Membranes Crisis Intervention |
How to repair or replace broken keyboard membranes. |
Sinclair QL |
| Banter - A Banner Program |
Some time ago, I was approached by my young daughter who wanted to produce banners on the QL. Unfortunately there was no easy way to do this and her request went unanswered. All that has now changed with a piece of software entitled “BANTER” which was written by Nick Ward and is available from DILWYN |
Sinclair QL |
| Base Conversion |
In some postings in on Usenet, there have been some conversations about converting from different bases. I found this task interesting and thought I’d give it a try. I did fairly well in writing a routine that would convert from Base X to Base 10. Converting from base 10 to base X was more difficult. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Basic Archive |
ARCHIVE, as everyone knows, is a very powerful database. Unfortunately, it is only as powerful as you are a programmer. Anyone con create a mailing list file, or a customer file or a stock file. It is the ability to write procedures which utilize the information in the records that makes ARCHIVE one of the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| BASIC CPORT - A Review |
Up until now it has been “long time no C” for SuperBASIC programmers. But now through the aid of CPORT, SuperBASIC programmers can convert their code to C and take advantage of the speed and enhanced performance of compiled code. CPORT was developed by Charles Dillon, and sells for $179.00 U.S. Distribution is through Digital |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| BASIC: Code to Crunch File |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Bedford: Baffled, Booted and Benefitted |
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Sinclair QL |
| Befunge |
I recently found a new language that has an implementation that will run on the QL – Befunge. Befunge is the first two-dimensional language. This means that the Program Counter, instead of just going down a line of code, can move up, down, left, and right. This is easily done by making each Befunge command |
Sinclair QL |
| Beginner's Programming, All Computers |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Beginners Corner: Elementary Programming |
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Sinclair QL |
| Beginners Don't Know What (it is) They Don't Know |
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Sinclair QL |
| Beginning With Quill Word Processing |
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Sinclair QL |
| Behind the Mask: The Logic of Archive |
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Sinclair QL |
| Beta Basic More About Display Windows |
Before we move on to other comparisons between T/S Basic and the extended QL and Beta Basics, a few notes on TS/Spectrum displays might be of interest. As you know, two screen displays or windows are normally available: the main display of 22 lines and the input status display of two or more lines at |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| BetterBasic And CrossRef |
BetterBasic and CrossRef are two SuperBasic programming utilities written by Chas Dillon (of THE EDITOR fame). Chas has released these two programs into the Public Domain. He has released the source code but not any executables. I decided to take the two programs, see what changes they needed to be compiled with the new TURBO, |
Sinclair QL |
| Bi-Col Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| Big Numbers |
Jon Bently writes a column called “Software Explorations” for the magazine Unix Review. In the November 1994 issue, Jon discusses how to handle big digit numbers. He starts off by discussing how to store the number, in decimal or binary. He opts for decimal storage and the use of a simple array to store the |
Sinclair QL |
| Bill on QL |
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| Bill on QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Bill on QL Basic |
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| Bill on QL Basic |
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| Bill on QL Basic |
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Sinclair QL |
| Bill on QL Basic |
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Sinclair QL |
| Bits & Bytes |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Bits & Bytes |
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| Bits & Pieces |
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Sinclair QL |
| Bits and Bytes |
Resetting the joystick port on the TS 2068 with a SOUND command. Machine language routine for TS 1000 to clear just the bottom of the screen. Programming hints for the 1000 and QL. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Bits and Bytes |
Differences in pull-up resistors between Z80 and Z80A/Z80B. Spectrum software may run on 2068. Bug in 2068 gives invalid value for INT(-65536). Monitor tips for QL. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Bits and Pieces |
We have some items we want to mention. Brett Lidstone in Canada is having problems connecting a Hayes 300/1200 baud modem to his QL. He cannot get it to work either with the modapter or just with a straight cable. If anyone out there has been successful in hooking up a Hayes, write us and |
Sinclair QL |
| Bits and Pieces |
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Sinclair QL |
| Black Box Notes |
Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that two Russians are proposing a 680410 based platform to run a number of operating systems, the first of which is to be Q-DOS. |
Sinclair QL |
| Black Box Notes II |
We recently saw an advert for an all black computer (MicroTech Computer) that advertises “State of the Art Computer Systems That Give You The Ultimate In Quality and Performance”. A QL clone? No, just a PC, but we all know that black is beautiful. |
Sinclair QL |
| Black Components |
With interest in Black systems at a high level (even in the PC world), a number of readers have asked us where we obtained our own. Dilwyn Jones (who now has a Black system) supplied us with the Bytewise information. For additional sources, you can search the pages of Computer Shopper Magazine or attend PC |
Sinclair QL |
| BlackKnight v1.1 |
BlackKnight is a chess-playing program for QDOS and compatibles. It is written by Francois Lanciault of Quebec and distributed by Jochen Merz. It runs under the Pointer Environment, with or without a mouse. BlackKnight features a 5000 move openings library, chess clocks for each player, the ability to set up positions, load and save games, |
Sinclair QL |
| BlackKnight Version 1.4 |
For those who didn’t see the review of BlackKnight v1.01, BlackKnight is a chess-playing program by Francois Lanciault for QDOS and compatibles. V1.01 had 10 levels of play with time to respond to a move averaging from S seconds at Level 1 to 60 minutes at Level 10. To these 10 levels v1.4 adds a |
Sinclair QL |
| BLANK_EXE |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Block Printing, Saving, and Loading with Quill |
How to extract and work with a small block of text in Quill. |
Sinclair QL |
| Book Review |
Taking the Quantum Leap by Mike de Sosa. Taking the Quantum Leap is a professional trainer’s rewrite of the User Guide the way it should have been done the first time. |
Sinclair QL |
| Book Review: QL Archive-Bluprint |
Well! This one is different! If you want to find out about ARCHIVE, this is the book to get. lan Murray has combined a lot of good information with a generous dollop of humor , and come up with a winner. Like other books of this nature, this handbook makes no assumptions about your familiarity |
Sinclair QL |
| Book Review: Taking the Quantum Leap |
Review of Mike de Sosa’s book. |
Sinclair QL |
| Boot Up Reminder |
Productivity tools for the QL are far and few between. On the PC, there is a dearth of these tools; Meeting Maker, Lotus Organizer, Maximizer, etc. One feature of most productivity tools is the ability to remind you of special days, such as birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and so on. Without doing much development work, a |
Sinclair QL |
| Bootsort Without TK2 |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| BOSTUG, TSUG has mutated |
Closing down as a special interest group; restarting as New England QL User Group. |
Sinclair QL |
| Brussels and London Shows |
This report comes from an American who had the fortunate coincidence to take a European vacation and be able to pass by the QL Workshop held at the Eurovolley Center in Brussels on June 18. What an exciting time it was for this foreigner to meet with such a wide range of QL enthusiasts who |
Sinclair QL |
| Bus Expansion And The QL |
Almost from the beginning, QL’ers realized the need for bus expansion. A company by the name of QUEST was the first to advertise a bus expansion system that included additional memory, disk drives and an OS-9 type operating environment. I’ve never seen one in person, but have been told only a small number were sold |
Sinclair QL |
| Buyer Beware |
It has come to our attention that a North American QL group, or individuals from within the group, are offering the public a “DEAL” on a group hardware buy. From what we’ve been able to learn, it’s no deal, and as a matter of fact the price quoted was $30.00 higher (at current exchange rates), |
Sinclair QL |
| Byte Input in SuperBasic |
In the last QHJ, I mentioned that I could not get single byte input to work in SuperBasic for my QL to Z88 program. Peter Sulzer kindly wrote back and proved that I was wrong. Below is a short routine Peter sent that shows how standard SuperBasic can do byte input. – ED 100 OPEN_IN |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| C Beautifier |
The C User’s Group has disk full of C programs that have been written for portability. One of these programs is a C beautifier (cb_c). This is a program that takes any C code and outputs a file with the C code in “proper” formating. It does things like indenting, putting single statements on a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| C Compiler Comparison |
A while back I was thinking about the two C compilers available for the QL. The Small C compiler is easy to use, quick to compile, but limited in it’s scope of the C language. The Lattice C compiler is not so easy to use, slow to compiler, but supports the full C language. The |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| C Portability |
This article is dedicated to show some rather randomly chosen aspects of portable programming with C68 on the QL. A ‘C’ program is fully portable if the source text can be compiled on any operating system which provides a standard compiler (usually the standard is defined by K&R or ANSI) without any changes at all. |
Sinclair QL |
| C Program for Sinclair QL and IBM PC |
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Sinclair QL |
| C68 Compiler Benchmarks |
In QHJ #3, I reported on some benchmarks that I ran on Lattice C and Small-C. Now that I had C68, I decided to run the benchmarks against it to see how it compares with the other two compilers. Here is how all three compilers compare: Prime Numbers Small-C Lattice C C68 29000-32767 5 Sec |
Sinclair QL |
| C68 Compiler Update |
I’ve recently received Release 4.00, the lastest update to C68 for QDOS from Dave Walker. Dave informs me that although there was a long delay between Release 3.05 and Release 4.00, the next release (tentatively titled Release 4.10), will follow fairly quickly as there is already sufficient new facilities that are in the late stages |
Sinclair QL |
| C68 Version 3.03 |
I have received version 3.03 of C68. Just before this I picked up a copy of 3.01 and had problems with it. I expected to get version 3.02 (a serious bug fix of 3.01) but got 3.03 instead. Version 3.04 has been released by Dave Walker. He seems to put out a new release about |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
I was pleased to see that in the October & November issues of QL World they gave considerable space to ARCHIVE, the PSION database program we all have. Those of you who have followed this column know that I have high regard for ARCHIVE and have tried to promote it use by more US QL |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column |
This issue of UPDATE initiates me as the QL Editor. I am happy to assist Bill Jones in producing this magazine so important to North American QL users. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column |
Archive series part 22: error handling in Archive with Errnum() function and Error command. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column |
Is Archive a relational database? |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle with Archive. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cable Column |
IF and ALL and MODE commands. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Update and While commands and introducing the “P” word. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Order and Select commands in Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Order, Locate, Reset commands in Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Find, Search, Continue commands. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Backup strategies to prevent data loss. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
PRINT and LPRINT commands with an overview of all input/output commands. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Bycol – a program for displaying and printing databases by columns. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
More on linking databases together and using Sedit. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Using keys to link databases together and other handy tricks. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
FormEd – A form editor and printer for Archive databases. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
FormEd – a form editor and printer for Archive databases. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
A review – describing how to use some recently introduced procedures. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Entering Query – a program to interrogate any Archive database. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column |
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cable Column: QL - Archive - PC |
Databases, transferring to PC. |
Sinclair QL |
| Can NASQLUG Take Up the Slack? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Caps lock indicator for Quill |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Carolyn Was Great! |
Report on Carolyn Robbin’s tutorial on Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Case Statement Implementation |
When I recently was working on SSB 2.6, I was using a SuperBasic implementation of a CASE structure for the core of the program. The deeper the structure got, the harder it was to read and understand. I starting thinking of using another way of implementing a CASE structure. For those that don’t know what |
Sinclair QL |
| CAT Prints on Your QL |
Make hard copies of file directories |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| CATS Sees PASCAL and QL Network |
A lesson on PASCAL programing-using networked QL computers-was the special treat provided attendees at the June CATS meeting. DUANE PARKER brought together a tremendous presentation on the intricacies of networking software, coupled with a view of the inherent beauty of the PASCAL language. |
Sinclair QL |
| Caveat Emptor |
Information about the QL gleaned from UK magazines. |
Sinclair QL |
| CD_PLAYER_BAS |
I was interested to read the discussion of tape backup and CD player control in volume 5 issue 2 of IQLR, on page 6, since I sorted this out on my 68040 based SuperQL in January, and all the necessary BASIC will appear in the next PD release of Amiga Qdos! At first I thought |
Sinclair QL |
| CDIR Directory Printer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| CDROM on a QXL |
Before my life as a computer tech head started, I had a distrust of computers. Those things that could file everyones life into a Big Goverment data base. Then I was introduced to a TS1000 and I thought “How could this little black box be so evil? Look it even plays games.” Being a mechanic, |
Sinclair QL |
| Cellular Automata |
Back in college, I was short 1/2 a unit from graduating. To make up the unit, I enrolled in a 1 unit Independent Study course. With hours left before the enrollment deadline, I picked what I thought was a weak but interesting subject, Cellular Automata (CA). Well, the more I researched the topic, the more |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| CGP-220 Color Printer Converter |
I wrote the program that follows to overcome the difficulty of generating QL characters on my CGP-220 (an older Radio Shack/Tandy printer, which I believe to be one of the first color ink-jet printers). With a little tinkering you can get this program to work with any dot matrix printer. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Changes for QLUSTer 4.370 |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Changing the Name of a Disk |
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Sinclair QL |
| Chaos |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Chaos |
Continued from last month. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Chatter About TorQLib D-Dump |
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Sinclair QL |
| Check Bits for Ascii Files |
I’ve been scanning throught some old issues of Dr Dobb’s Journal trying to set the spark to a new programming idea. I was reading one article on architecture ( and / or gates, etc) and the word parity leaped from the page. I had a sudden flash back to my college days where I was |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Check Book Balancer |
Program that leverages Abacus to balance a checkbook. |
Sinclair QL |
| Circles |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Circuit Circus |
Excerpted from SWYM Newsletter, Seattle Sinclair Users Group. Sync inverter for QL, load fix for ZX81/TS1000, TOS power supply, modem power. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Circuit Circus |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Clavier.Exe |
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Sinclair QL |
| Cleanup/Backup para el QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Clocks, Clocks, Clocks! |
As the title suggests, this article is about clocks. When I initially plugged in my Gold Card, and Minerva ROM version 1.89 (which I had received at the same time), I suddenly had three external clocks (the third being the QIMI Mouse Interface with clock), all trying to work at once. This created an immediate |
Sinclair QL |
| Clouds on a QL |
Al Boehm uses his QL at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory and takes it on trips to demonstrate the results of his work. He submitted this delightful SuperBASIC program to display mean cloud contours. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Club QL International |
We recently received a copy (hardcopy) of an interesting free newsletter called Club QL International edited by Mike Kenneally, 6 Barnaby Road, Poynton, Cheshire SK12 1LR UNITED KINGDOM. It has been around for 45 issues, and comes out monthly. |
Sinclair QL |
| CLUSTER |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Columnifying Quill |
The trouble with having been a working programmer in one’s youth is that you spend the rest of your life under the constant threat of getting readdicted to that particular form of obsessive compulsive behavior. (The trouble with being an exprogrammer who’s also a Published Author, by the way, is that you feel obligated to |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Combination |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Commands without Numbers |
The QL has several ways of accepting SuperBASIC commands. The most often thought of method is a program with the characteristic line number followed by a command (Example: 100 print “hello!”). The other method is more or less taken for granted. The immediate mode for entering code, loading programs (example: PRINT “hello!” <ENTER>) is usually |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Communicating with Suppliers |
At one time or another, you might find an occasion to write or telephone a supplier. As many QL suppliers are one-person operations, and most if not all, User organizations are manned by volunteers, a few points to remember might be in order. |
Sinclair QL |
| Communications |
I recently received a disk from Don Walterman with the latest versions of Q.E.M. (v2.30), release 2 of Unzip (file decompression) and the Zmodem transfer protocol (rz and sz). This package represents a major advance in QL communications and makes it possible to easily take advantage of the many bulletin boards, (estimated to exceed 25,000) |
Sinclair QL |
| Complex ASCII Rotation |
While reading one of the many computer magazines that I read in a month (got to have something to do while I eat my lunch), I read an article in which the columnist talked about security and mail. He was commenting about how open Internet mail (and e-mail in general) is fairly open and easy |
Sinclair QL |
| Complex ASCII Rotation |
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Sinclair QL |
| Composite Color on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Computer Meandering |
Notes on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Computers 101 (An Addendum) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Concept-3D Bug Alert |
I’ve toyed with Concept-3D over the years, but had been put off by its unfortunate habit of committing hara-kiri when I tried to SAVE a file. |
Sinclair QL |
| Concorde |
In the December 93 issue of IQLR (vol. 3 issue 4) Bill Cable describes a group of programs for building a word index of a text file using the facilities of Archive. As I have never had occasion to use Archive I found it quite instructive to take a look at the code (together with |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Confessions Of A QL Duffer |
Having been introduced to computers at the hoary age of sixty plus, my first experiences were with the Timex 2068 computer (the American version of the Spectrum). In 1984, I decided to upgrade to the QL, and I distinctly remember buying my first one from my good friend, Bob Dyl, at the lofty price of |
Sinclair QL |
| Connect A Composite TTL Monitor to a TS1000/QL |
Schematic to connect a TS1000 or QL to a monochrome TTL monitor by extracting HSYNC and VSYNC signals. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Conqueror Gold S/E |
I came to the Gold Special Edition of PC Conqueror after using the older PC Conqueror for some time, mainly for editing and compiling of programs written in Turbo Pascal. I had used the original emulator for some time, and the new PC Conqueror ran the PC software I had I looked closely to see |
Sinclair QL |
| Constructing a Spell Checker |
A spell checker is usually comprised of two parts: 1) word lookup (to see if a word is spelled correctly) and 2) word suggestion (to suggest the correct spelling of the word). Past issues of the QHJ have looked at different algorithms to tell how close two words are, a key part of word suggestion. |
Sinclair QL |
| Contest Nears Conclusion |
60+ contestants who submitted over 80 programs to the Big Contest; Timex 2068 disk drive has been submitted to the FCC for approval; Kirt Olsen of Syntax has stated that he will not take on any new subscribers; QL is out of the FCC (after one year) and is available by mail order. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Continuing Rumors |
From the Italian QL Show held in January, comes information on the Miracle Graphics Card. It will have two NEW modes. The first, will be an enhanced mode 4 with as many as 256 colors and will be usable with standard QL monitors. The second will be a High Resolution mode of 1024 pixels x |
Sinclair QL |
| Continuing Rumors! |
The rumors concerning MIRACLE SYSTEMS and their secret GRAPHICS CARD project continue to grow. A reliable source has reported to IQLR, that the proposed Graphics Card will be compatable with current hardware and software, and will support 1024 x 512 pixels in four colors (equal to four QL screens), and 512 x 256 pixels in |
Sinclair QL |
| Conversation with Jochen Merz |
In a recent conversation with JOCHEN MERZ of Germany, he extolled the virtues of a NEW program named “QDESIGN”. He stated that QDESIGN handles screens up to 2880 x 2880 pixels in two or four colors (dependent on memory size). Screens from the Atari ST, Professional Publisher, Page Designer 2, and Art + may be |
Sinclair QL |
| Convert PCX |
This useful program converts PC clipart for use on the QL. It converts PC graphics from bit mapped “PCX” format to QL”_SCR” and “Page Designer” formats. The vast array of high quality clipart developed for the PC can now be used in your QL graphics and desktop publishing programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Converting File Formats |
As the author of a number of QL programs, I recognise the need for a clear, concise and well laid out user manual. To produce my own manuals I (now) use a desk top publishing package on my PC which gives a very good quality manual indeed. There is one fly in the ointment, however, |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Core War |
In May 1984 issue of Scientific American, A. K. Dewdney in his Computer Recreations column describes a game called Core War. The game is run by a monitor program called MARS (Memory Array Redcode Simulator). Essentially what the program does is to control two other programs written in an assembly-like language called REDCODE. The two |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Core Wars |
A while back I took a week off from work to spend time at home finishing some programming projects (hey, I had plenty of leave stored up). One of the projects that I finished was in implementation of Core Wars for the QL. Below is the documentation that I wrote for the program. It details |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Corewar |
In May 1984 issue of Scientific American, A. K. Dewdney in his Computer Recreations column describes a game called Core War. The game is run by a monitor program called MARS (Memory Array Redcode Simulator). Essentially what the program does is to control two other programs written in an assembly-like language called REDCODE. The two |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Corrected QL Membrane Matrix |
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Sinclair QL |
| Correction |
Issue #1 of IQLR contained a program listing for DIRECTORY-DEVICES. Unfortunately the listing acquired an error when I typed in a “+” instead of a “=” (both symbols are on the same key). I apologize for any inconvenience or frustration this may have caused. This is a useful little program and the author was in |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| CORRECTION |
In the last issue of IQLR (#4) there was a typographical error in the Assembly Language listing in Will Horton’s article on “LINKING ASSEMBLER INTO C PROGRAMS“. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Correction for JOS |
Corrections to bugs in previously published program. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Cosmos: QL Software Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| CQ QL SOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| CQV1 Real Time Digitizer - A Review |
The CQVI video digitizer package consists of the CQV1 hardware, a 3.5″ disk and an 8 page manual. The CQV1 electronics are installed in a black plastic case, measuring 7″(18cm)x4-1/4″ (11cm)x2″(5.5cm). A male edge connector extends out of the front of the case to mate with the ROM Port at the rear of the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Crackle, Crash, QL Bashed! |
Some of us, who have visited Tom Bent at home, are greeted by him in bare feet. He explains, “I am working on QL’s and I keep my feet bare to prevent static electricity.” I always thought, “Yeah, sure, don’t admit you’re hillbilly!” Well Tom, you’re right, we do need to take precautions to prevent |
Sinclair QL |
| Creating Custom 3.5" Disk Labels |
Have you ever looked at the customized label on a disk of commercial software that you just purchased and wish you could recreate it on the working copy of the disk? I have been using the following methods and programs to create customized labels for my disks rather than simply handwriting the title on a |
Sinclair QL |
| Creating Export Data Files With PSION Software (Abacus/Quill) Then Importing Them to Quill |
How to export files from Abacus and read them into Quill. |
Sinclair QL |
| Creating Loadable Extensions Using Qlib |
One of the things that has always amazed me about the QL was the ability to load a binary file and have a bunch of new keyboards available in SuperBasic. In most computers that had Basic built in, the language was static and had no way to extend itself. Other languages (like C, Fortran, or |
Sinclair QL |
| Creating Quad Density 5 1/4" Disk Drives |
With all the interest in ED disks these days, it may seem odd to discuss 5 1/4″ drives. Well, I use both 3 1/2″ and 5 1/4″ drives on my systems. I like to be able to cope with any format that comes along. Advertisements for quad density 5 1/4″ (just called quad from now |
Sinclair QL |
| CRYPT |
My brother is an accountant and in the course of his work handles a great deal of confidential information about his client’s financial affairs. When he bought a new QI recently he asked me to provide him with a password system so that if the computer was stolen this confidential information would not fall into |
Sinclair QL |
| CST THOR Support |
We recently received a flyer from COWO ELECTRONIC, in Sursee, Switzerland expressing their continued support of the THOR range of personnel computers. COWO Electronic are the authors of THOR-DESK which was to have been incorporated into the Thor XVI system. |
Sinclair QL |
| Cueshell |
Cueshell bills itself as the “Desktop Program’. I have found it a very useful complement to QPAC2. As I’m still finding new ways to do things with QPAC2 it is a bit difficult to compare Cueshell directly to QPAC2. There are certain tasks I find easier to do from within Cueshell while other things are |
Sinclair QL |
| Cumana Interface |
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Sinclair QL |
| Customising Your QL |
Here’s a very interesting, little known fact about JS and MG ROM QLs (and all Thors too). Included in JS/MG the ROM of a machine is a new keyword called TRA. Now, some people originally thought that this was a long sort after Trace facility. Not so! It’s even more fun than a boring old |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| CYA Workshop |
Coming sessions will be hands-on workouts on inputting, manipulating, transferring, and copying each others data files. |
Sinclair QL |
| D-I-Y Toolkit |
Richard Alexander of C.G.H. Services (U.K.) reports that Simon N. Goodwin, the author of the popular QL WORLD DIY column, has designated C.G.H. Services, as the official distributor of his D-I-Y TOOLKIT. It is sold and supplied in 14 different modules. Write to C.G.H. Services for a concise listing of the different modules. |
Sinclair QL |
| D.I.Y. Keyboard |
Since on interest had been expressed in a lower priced replacement keyboard for the QL, I determined to attempt to build one. The following will relate my experience. |
Sinclair QL |
| Database Management on the Sinclair QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Databases And Bitmaps |
I read an interesting article that introduced the idea of using bitmaps in implementing a database. I don’t know if this concept will be of use to any QL programmers, but I found it interesting just to know. Conventional databases use B-trees and hashing to implement indexes. B-trees are just that, trees. An index is |
Sinclair QL |
| Databases and Maps |
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Sinclair QL |
| DATADesign: Reply to the Review |
“Thank you for your review of our database program DATAdesign. As DATAdesign is constantly being improved and developed, we would like to point out the improvements made since the release of the reviewed copy. |
Sinclair QL |
| Datadesign: Review Of A New Database |
I am a big fan of PSION’s ARCHIVE Database and a promoter of the use of databases in general. Bob Dyl recently loaned me a copy of DATAdesign by PROGS (PROfessional and Grafical Software – programmers Joachim & Nathan Van der Auwera) of Belgium to review. To my knowledge, the QL only had ARCHIVE and |
Sinclair QL |
| DBAS |
For most database programming, the QL programmer has been pretty much stuck with Archive. Archive is a fine language and is fairly similar to dBase III in programming feel. It has many advantages: editing of records built in, easy screen creation, a well structured language. But it also has a few weak points: limited functions, |
Sinclair QL |
| DBEasy - New Version 1.6 Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| DBEasy v1.6 - A New Version Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| DBEasy's EASY_OUT_CUSTOM |
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Sinclair QL |
| Dealing With Exchange: Folders |
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Sinclair QL |
| Descriptive Directories |
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Sinclair QL |
| Designing Windows |
Program for determining window sizes. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Deskjet Print Filter |
Once I got my DeskJet printer, I wanted to be able to produce nice looking text output. Quill and other word processors support only monospace fonts. The word processors that do support proportional spaced fonts are not real cheap. Being one to write my own print filters, I set myself out to write a print |
Sinclair QL |
| Deskjet-A5 |
A4 size pages of text (or American near equivalent), to A5 size, side by side in landscape format. It does this by sideways printing using a Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 Printer. If the paper is folded down the middle, it makes the sort of pamphlet common in sales literature, church service leaflets, etc. If there |
Sinclair QL |
| Desktop Helpful Hints |
We are very much indebted to Joe Morris for his simple but overlooked advice on making it easier to import QUILL documents into DESKTOP PUBLISHER. All you have to do is to run your”install_bas” program from QUILL and set up a printer driver that only has a carriage return, not a carriage return and a |
Sinclair QL |
| Desktop Publisher vs Front Page Extra |
One of the biggest growth areas in microcomputer applications today is DESKTOP PUBLISHING. A key requirement of such programs is the effective combination of text and graphics on a multi-page basis. Several commercial programs of this type, such as Ventura Publisher and Pagemaker, are available for the Macintosh, IBM, Atari ST, and Amiga lines of |
Sinclair QL |
| Desktop Publishing |
Desktop publishing is one of the hot personal computer areas these days. Computer magazines are filled with dtp ads. We look at them, with the slick looking page layouts, and say to ourselves, “Hey, | can do that. No sweat!” So we go out and buy the program, load it up, and find that it |
Sinclair QL |
| DEV Device and DEV_USE |
Many QL users now have access to level 2 directories on their systems, either through hard disks or through using HD or ED disks. It is easy enough to put software into these directories to make sure that individual disks or drives don’t become cluttered with masses of small programs. But many QL programs were |
Sinclair QL |
| DEV Device Driver & DEV Manager |
DEV Manager is a software utility for setting up and controlling the ‘DEV’ device driver. While you can do these same things direct from SuperBASIC, DEV Manager makes it easier by using the Pointer Environment to make it a point and click operation. |
Sinclair QL |
| Dice Percentages |
I’m still distracted by my other hobby, wargaming. In tying the two together, I thought about dice, percentages, and To-Hit rolls. In gaming a To-Hit roll is a die roll, where your try to roll a certain value or less. For example, for a To-Hit roll of 10 with 2 six-sided die (2d6), you would |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Did 'Ja Know? |
This Column is the direct result of some comments that my earlier tidbits in Ramblings have indeed been useful – not merely the “look at me” tactics of the newly initiated QL user. |
Sinclair QL |
| Did'Ja Know |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Digital Alarm Clock for QLers |
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Sinclair QL |
| Dilwyn Jones Computing |
A POTTED HISTORY OF MY COMPANY AND I! My involvement with Sinclair computers goes back to the very early days when I wrote some books on programming the ZX81/TS1000 and Spectrum/TS2068. After writing a great deal of BASIC programs in the first few years of the QL, | eventually wrote what were my first large |
Sinclair QL |
| Director's Column |
Maggie Bruzelius, executive VP of the US branch of Sinclair Research, resigned July 20, 1984, to take a position with Alpha Software. Sinclair’s QL is still slated for November release. |
Sinclair QL |
| Directory Device |
Directory-devices are all devices which allow the storing of data with a name (for instance: MDV, FLP, RAM, WIN, FDK…). Many programs, even pointer driven ones, don’t know which devices are connected to the QL. When using a pointer driven program it’s nice to select also the device with a mouse, so I wrote a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Directory Into Memory |
I have seen a number of programs using a microdrive file containing a directory listing. The problem is copying, deleting, etc. as using the file means that the file must be accessed for each task and slows operations down to a crawl. Utilizing the follawing listing af PROCedure’s can allow you to write utilities in |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Directory Printer Listing - Correction |
In our last issue (Vol. 2 issue 4) a number of typo’s crept into the program listing. We inadvertantly interpreted two single quotes (‘ ‘) to be a double quote (“). We apologize the the author and our readers for any inconvience or frustration this may have caused. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Directory to Printer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Directory to Printer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Directory to Printer PDS DOC |
Information about a SuperBASIC utility to send directory listing to the printer. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Disk Copy Probem |
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Sinclair QL |
| Disk Drive Cable Extender |
The DISK DRIVE CABLE EXTENDER is a product that came about out of necessity. After hasseling with the tight cable and cramped working conditions when changing drive cables on the Gold Card (works equally well on the Trump Card), and frequently pulling the Gold Card loose from the edge connector, we decided that what was |
Sinclair QL |
| Disk Droppings |
Notes from a long-term user on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Disk Eraser |
In one of my program idea brainstorming sessions, I came up with the idea of writing a program to completely erase a floppy disk. The idea comes from government regulations. When deleting classified information from a disk, the disk must be written with all 1’s, then all 0’s, and then random 1’s and 0’s. After |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Disk Mate - A Review |
DISK Mate is a menu driven disk utility for files and disks, by Pal Monstad of NASA Computing, Norway. The program requires at least 512K and ToolKit II. |
Sinclair QL |
| Disk Mate 4 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Disk Mate 4 (Version 4.45) |
One area of programming that is especially well represented on the QL is file handling. This is hardly surprising really since all information held by a computer is in a file of some kind and the one thing you learn early on is that making backups stops headaches and large dents in the wall nearest |
Sinclair QL |
| Disk Mate 5 - Version 5.07 |
At the request of Bob Dyl, I have found myself reviewing another disk utility. However, I really didn’t know what I was getting into. You see, Disk Mate 5 operates under the Pointer Environment and I have had only limited experience with the Pointer Environment some six or seven years ago with QRAM! Last year |
Sinclair QL |
| Disk Text Search Utility |
Over the years, to keep various e-mails and newsgroup postings, I’ve printed them out and kept them at home. I’ve thought about storing them as files on disk, but finding the information I need would not be too easy. I was looking for a utility that would search the files on disk, find files with |
Sinclair QL |
| Diskinfo |
This program started out as an attempt to examine a disk with corrupted files. The problem may have been with my disk drive. Just a suggestion to others; try reading the disk in another drive before you give up on it. At any rate don’t write anything to the disk! Before I knew it I |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Disks & Memory for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Displaying QL Screens In MS-DOS |
[It’s not normally the policy of the QHJ to publish programs that are written for other platforms than the QL. But in this case, I can make an exception. The following program by Jeff Kuhlmann is designed to display a QL screen file on an MS-DOS computer. I’ve tried it with my MS-DOS laptop (CGA |
Sinclair QL |
| Displaying TI Graphics Files |
[Jeff Kuhlmann has written an interesting program to display a TI-Artist instance file on the QL. I don’t know how many have been wanting to do this, but here it is. On the disk that Jeff sent me, were many example files. If you are interested in this, I can provide a disk with all |
Sinclair QL |
| DJToolkit - A Review |
Let me start with a few historical notes. During the development of the QL, much effort was devoted to keeping QDOS (and SuperBasic) as compact as possible. As a result, performance was not all it could have been, opening the way for system accelerators such as “Lightning”. |
Sinclair QL |
| DO FILE Commands |
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor to a QL. The following information will allow anyone with Soldering experience to make an appropriate cable between the QL and an RGB monitor. |
Sinclair QL |
| Documents in Text87 |
Your Document can consist of one part or be broken into parts called SECTIONS. LAYOUT(s) for your document PAGE(s) can have one or several FRAMES (rectangles) into which you wish to put the SECTION(s) of your document. Each PAGE of the final document can have the LAYOUT that you choose. |
Sinclair QL |
| Does QL Stand for Quite Late? |
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Sinclair QL |
| DooDah Correction |
Correction to program that appeared in an earlier issue. |
Sinclair QL |
| Down Under Report |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Drop Down Menus |
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| Dust Covers |
Awhile back, IQLR subscriber Kenton Garrett of Lansing, Kansas, USA raved about a company he’d found in Florida that manufactured dust covers for computers and their peripherals. Kenton had them make a few special covers for him, and to his surprise, the prices were quite reasonable. To quote him, “custom covers at standard item pricing”. |
Sinclair QL |
| Dutch Connection 2 |
Last issue Mark Martin reported on a Dutch BBS that was being run on a QL. I forgot to mention that the same person that wrote the QL BBS also wrote a number of other programs, that Mark has sent me. The three major programs on the disk are: UNZIP96, QVIEW, and QBOX. UNZIP96 is |
Sinclair QL |
| Dynamic Windows - Another Approach |
In a back issue of the QHJ I wrote a SuperBasic program that saves a section of the screen to memory and brings it back again. This allows you to save a section of the screen where you are about the put a new window, draw to window, and then bring back what was under |
Sinclair QL |
| Easel Formulas |
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Sinclair QL |
| Easel Portraits |
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Sinclair QL |
| Easy NETworking |
Amongst the QL fraternity there are a lot of users about with more than one QL or QXL who have never considered connecting them together. Why not? It really is very simple, I promise you. |
Sinclair QL |
| Easy Pointer III - A Review |
1 have of late, as anyone who reads the Quanta magazine knows, been experimenting with the Pointer Interface, and writing about my experiences to boot. In the middle of learning and writing about programming under pointer in assembler a package arrived from the States containing Easy Pointer and a request to review it from that |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor SE (Part 1) |
My affiliation with The Editor and Editor SE started in 1987. I had heard so much about this terrific program as being an excellent file and text editor – and yes, a word processor too. From several QL users in my local Timex/Sinclair computer club (LIST), I was advised that this was a program which |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor SE (Part 2) |
n the first installment of this Editor series I explained how to write command files and outlined the Editor HELP files. I also mentioned that if you are an Editor user and wish to have hard copies of the PSION 4_hob’s or XCHANGE hob, you can use The Editor to do most of the work |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor SE (Part 4) |
This section of the tutorial will be devoted to setting up ALTKEY (Hotkeys) commands within The EDITOR. If you haven’t used ALTKEYS within a program for the QL, you will be in for a very pleasant surprise! Below is a SuperBASIC listing which will make “life a lot easier’ when working within EDITOR. All you |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Editor's Corner |
QL news, |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
After putting out two issues rather quickly, your all probably wondering what happened to this issue. There is one simple explanation: bad keyboard. My QL feel ill by the most common ailment of older QL systems, a bad connection between the keyboard matrix and the motherboard. My QL went bad in early February, just after |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This issue is another one that took some time to come together. I have spent part of the last two months beating my head against a single program. I have been working on a C version of my Cellular Automata program. After I finally found a decent random number generator, I made some changes to |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This month has been a busy month for QL news. See the following article to find out what has been going on. This month print formatters are the rage. I did not mean it that way, it’s just that two good ideas hit me at about the same time. I hope that others can find |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This issue of the QHJ is a little late. It’s been three months since the last issue. I try to get an issue out every two months. The reason for the delay is the arrival of my daughter, Caitlan Anne. The Tech Specs are: born 27 Sept, 5 lbs 2 oz, blonde hair and blue |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
With this issue the QHJ is now 1 year old. It’s been fun publishing the QHJ. It’s given me a chance to write the kind of articles that I want to write; those aimed at QL programmers. It’s also kind of neat to have complete editorial control. Over the last year I have “meet” a |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
For those readers that have Internet access, Timo Salmi of Findland has started an Anon-FTP QL Server, garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.81.1). Garbo is already an MS-DOS server but Timo has set aside a section for the QL. To start things off, he has uploaded a number of his programs. I have uploaded back issues of the QHJ |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This issue is the second issue to take 3 months to come out. I had not planned on a quarterly schedule, but it has come out that way. There are two primary reasons for this delay: 1) My daughter is now crawling and requires more supervision and this means I have to do my share. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
One problem I have noticed with writing this section of the the QHJ is that I that I don’t have the words to introduce the issue. I try to get each QHJ done at the end of the month before publication. This coincides with the publication schedule of the CATS newsletter (the other newsletter that |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Here is the first issue produced from the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. We are now moved and mostly settled in. Next, I would like to apologize to the e-mail readers of the QHJ. When sending out the last issue, my mailer went south on me. Most people reported getting up to 60-70 copies of the |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
It’s been a few months since the last QHJ, but I’ve been busy working on a few projects and doing some traveling. In early June I traveled to Newport, Rhode Island to attend the “Miracle in Newport 93” QL show. There I was able to meet some QL’ers that I have not met before, plus |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
It has taken a while to get this issue out. I would like to thank Al Boehm for submitting an article and making this issue that much bigger. I’m always ready to receive an article for submission. I’d like to see what programming other are doing out there. The last weekend of August is the |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Again another issue has taken longer than I wanted to come out. Since the last issue one important thing has happened to further complicate my life. Her name is Ashlyn Nicole; 7 Lbs 2 oz, born 23 November at 5:17 PM. Recently I attended a local book sale, that had a good selection of computer |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
As much as I want the QHJ to come out about every other month, It’s slowly becoming a quarterly. Between work, family, and other hobbies, the QHJ is getting little time. Luckily, this month most of the articles are user submitted. In fact, this is the first time that more than one article in a |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This is the second issue that is far later that I would like. Let me explain the reason why. Back in March I was told that I was being matrixed to do computer support for the B-2 Bomber Systems Program Office. What this job entails is managing a computer and telecommunications branch. I have three |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Well, it looks like another issues has taken longer that I would like. It’s been one of those “too busy to program” type of dry spells. The only key item of news is that as I am writing this the latest version of C68 v 4.2 has partialy come out. I received the zipped version |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Another few months, another issue. I don’t know if there is any special significance to putting out issue #20, but it looks nice to have a zero in the 1’s place. One thing nice to report is that the number of QHJ readers is increasing (at least direct readers). I keep running into more QLers |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This issue of the QHJ is a little smaller that I would like. I’ve been busy getting ready for the QL show in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is the same show that has been held in Newport, Rhode Island, but Bob Dyl wanted to try a different place this year. I’ve been busy making some |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
The biggest news this issue is I’VE GOT A HOME PAGE. I got a wild hair a while back and decided to get myself a home page. Since I could not use a server at work to host my home page (the government sort of frowns on that), I had to find a commercial service |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Have you ever sat in front of the word processor, looking at a blank screen, and not really know what to type. This is how I am as I try to write this article. I always write this article last and use it to cover any loose thoughts that I might have from the other |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
As time goes by I’m finding myself doing less and less programming. My recent foray into distributing QL and Z88 freeware has kept me busy collecting QL freeware. Now I will have the pleasure of trying some of this software out, which always takes some time. I’m still working on getting QFAX going (after having |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
I don’t have much to say for an introduction to this issue. I do want to thank Peter Tillier for contributing two articles. He really filled a few pages for me. The more articles I get the easier it is on me and the more often I can publish. I hate it when I have |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
It’s hard to believe that the last QHJ came out last May. What have I been doing? Well, let me tell you. Since May I have had a number of life changes that have kept me busy. The first is a change in jobs. I decided to leave the Air Force and seek employment else |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
The QHJ is back. After a year of taking a break, I’m back in the programming spirit again. Of course, I have not been inactive during that time, as any reader of QL Today can attest. I just have not felt like writing any programs for a while. I guess I did get burnt out |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
I have not received much feedback on the Qliberator Source Book idea I mentioned in the last issue, and I have received basically no “helpful hints”. So, my plan is to write what I can, put it out on the Net, and see what feedback comes from it. If I make any mistakes, I’m sure |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
I’d like to thank Per Witte for providing pretty much the core part of this issue. I saw the Filename Parser program posted to the ql-users mailing list and thought it would be good material for an article. I contacted Per and he was willing to write something up. The length of the article was |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
In this issue I want to take a look at a couple of Unix languages that have recently been ported to the QL. In the ql-users mailing list, I’ve seen some comments that basically say “Why use these other languages on the QL? All development should be done in SuperBasic or C68 and use the |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
This issue is far later that I would like. Planning for the West Coast Sinclair Show (for which this issue is being prepared) took a fair amount of time. I’ve also been fiddling around the house getting it ready for guests coming to the show. I’ve also been distracted by some projects from work. I’m |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
First off, thanks to Herb Schaaf for providing most of the text for this issue. When Herb gets a hold of a problem, he does not let go until he knows all there is to know. Secondly, I wanted to bring up something that has been discussed in the ql-users mailing list. I can’t remember |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
I don’t know if I’m old enough to claim that old age is to blame for why I’m not able to get as many QHJ issues out in a year as I would like. Maybe I can blame my other distractions, such as family, house, work, and my other hobbies. I’ve also been a little |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
For the second time in the life of the QHJ, I have allowed a whole year to go between issues. When I started the QHJ 10 years ago, I knew something like this might happen, therefore I made the QHJ a free publication. This has kept any off any outside pressure to get the next |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
Welcome to the first issue of the QL Hacker’s Journal. This publication is meant to fill the gap in publications already available. There are a number of good magazines that cover programming, but, due to popularity, do not cover the QL. There are also some good User Group Newletters that cover the QL, but are |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Forum |
I’m a bit surprized to have this issue out so soon after the last issue. But, the source code from Herb Schaaf’s article and the C Beautifier made for quite a few pages. Since it was enough to fill an issue, here it is. Some of you may have noticed that last month’s issue had |
Sinclair QL |
| Editor's Notes |
Well I made it. Last month I actually mailed QZX in the month listed on the cover. Unfortunately I slipped again this month. The reason is the Index. All my effort has gone into finishing the index. And the Index is completely finished and mailed to those who bought advanced copies. For more information see |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
It is with sadness that we report to you the final issue of SINCLAIR QL WORLD published by Arcwind Ltd of the UK. Long the bell-weather of the QL community first as SINCLAIR QL USER and most recently SINCLAIR QL WORLD it stood alone as the one commercially produced magazine. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
In our attempt to continually improve our magazine, we pay a lot of attention to what our readers have to say. Many of you stated that the print style we used was too big, while others stated that we should use more of the page as we did in our last issue. Some of you |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
With the approach of the fall and winter computing seasons and most of us back from our holiday/vacations we leave behind us what proved to be a very active QL summer. If only a third of the rumored NEW software and hardware actually sees the light of day, the months ahead could be one of |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
With the approach of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, comes a wealth of NEW products for the QL. Some like HERMES, a new co-processor, and QSPREAD, a new spreadsheet are major developments (see the articles pertaining to them in this issue). |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
With this issue, we begin a new feature entitled “MORE THAN A NAME”. Along with a picture on the front cover, will be an auto-biography. We intend to highlight those people/companies that you have heard of over the years, but probably know very little about. These are people who have, and are contributing much to |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
Another holiday season is at hand, and we at IQLR, wish you a HAPPY, HEALTHY, and PROSPEROUS New Year. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
An interesting piece of mail arrived recently, it was a disk version of DILWYN JONES COMPUTING catalog. We thought it a novel way to deliver a catalog, as a matter of fact we like it so much, that we are willing to pass it on to anyone who sends a formatted disk and postage cost. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
Another year has come and gone, (time flies when your having fun) this issue marks the completion of Volume 2 of IQLR (time to RENEW your SUBSCRIPTION, we only mention it three times). Volume 3 of IQLR promises to be a great year for QDOS and the QL, starting with Miracle System’s new hardware, continuing |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
This issue marks the beginning of our THIRD year of operation, and we’d like to thank you, our readers for making it all possible. This is a BIG year for our community, with two International QL Meetings already behind us ( the 4th Italian QL Meeting , and the International QL Meeting held at Eindhoven |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
There’s plenty of news to report starting with MIRACLE Systems announcement that the software for the QXL is near completion. Now any PC can Multi-Task, provided it has a QXL installed. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial |
CATS Fest, newsletter, QLers, Non-canadians. |
Sinclair QL |
| Editorial: Quantum Levels Premiers; Timex & Other Rumors; Amstrad Invasion |
August/September issue of Quantum_Levels available; Timex Portugal announced plans to bring the home computer battle back to North American shores; Sears, Roebuck will be offering Amstrad’s new word processor. |
Sinclair QL |
| eFORTH Interpreter |
While on the subject of languages, I thought I would finally take a look at a program that I had received a while back. Salvador Merina of Spain has ported eFORTH to the QL. eFORTH is a portable implementation of a FORTH interpreter. The main version of eFORTH is the MS-DOS implementation. Not being a |
Sinclair QL |
| Eidersoft Troubles? |
When we received a recent order from Digital Precision, Freddy Vacha had scribbled on the bottom of the invoice, “Friendly tip-Eidersoft in trouble.” Eidersoft was one of the first companies to support the QL and has produced some excellent QL software and hardware- I.C.E., Aspell, Karate, ICICLE, their Mouse System, and were listed as the |
Sinclair QL |
| Eindhoven Meeting |
This venue is developing into a regular international meeting place for Dutch, Belgians and German QL users living near the Dutch border. There was also representation from Britain, France and Switzerland. It is probably not very precise referring to “QL users” since Ataris running SMSQ/E and PCs enlivened by QXLs were very much in evidence |
Sinclair QL |
| EMSoft Keeps QL Software Afloat |
The twice-yearly catalog from EMSoft (Estate Management Services) recently arrived. EMSoft continues to do heroic work in keeping proprietary software for the QL prominent in our consciousness. |
Sinclair QL |
| Emulators |
We have received news of several Sinclair-Timex emulators being developed in Holland by Carlo Delhez. I have left his initial letter to speak for itself on pages 5 and 6 so I will add nothing to it except to report that there are three emulators: two for the ZX-81 on the QL and on MSDOS |
Sinclair QL |
| End of (the) Line |
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Sinclair QL |
| End-Of-File Finding |
A lot of the programs that I like to write are filters. They take a text file as input, do something to the file, and output the results to a second file. Doing this involves reading a file one line at a time. A way of doing this would be something like this: REPeat loop |
Sinclair QL |
| Enter |
Sinclair QL and the new Spectrum Plus were featured recently at the Consumer Electronics Show. Dave Higgenbottom is still trying to secure financing and Timex is being patient. BASIC publication cancelled; all paid subscriptions would be fulfilled by another company. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Enter Q_Review? |
Teaser about new publication supporting the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Environment Variables |
The concept of Environment Variables comes from the Unix world. They are used slightly in MS-DOS, but not at all to the same extent as UNIX. For the QDOS world, the file ENV_BIN provides a number of extensions that allow the use of Environment Variables. Essentially an environment variable is a variable that can be |
Sinclair QL |
| EPROM Concepts |
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Sinclair QL |
| EPSON Driver for QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Equal Loan Payments Calculator |
This program is based on one written by Ward Seguin in the March “85 CATS for the 2068. It had an accuracy problem which I finally blamed on the combination of many iterations in the exponential calculation and the short word length used to store real numbers. This problem was shared in all programs for |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Ergon Development - Who Are We? |
To answer the first question, we are Marco Ternelli and Davide Santachiara and together we’re Ergon Development. Our interest like yours is in the QL/QDOS and we’re writing some really interesting programs (see our advert elsewhere in this issue) for this system. Now about us. |
Sinclair QL |
| Ergon Floppy Disk Utilities |
My affection for the Ergon Floppy Disk Utility program first started when I received a PD diskette containing the Ergon Demo Disk from the IQLR Software Library, IQLR-022, US $2.50. I had no idea that this disk contained the FDU program. All files on the disk were archived and had to be unzipped and even |
Sinclair QL |
| Errata and Addenda |
Using loops in QL DO files; moving TS2068 code blocks. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Errata: Code Missing from "Improving a Sector_COPYing Program" |
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Sinclair QL |
| Exclusive OR Encryption |
I’ve always been interested in encryption. Keeping my files safe from prying eyes has been more of a want than a need. Plus encryption is a neat programming problem to solve. Many years ago I wrote a program called QL Crypt that was my first look at encryption. In QHJ #XX there was Complex Ascii |
Sinclair QL |
| Exeqtor Limited Edition |
Some time ago I wrote you conceming our projected ‘SuperQL’, and discussed the possibility of offering it in kit form (see IQLR issue #3, page 13). COWO Electronic of Switzerland, and we at QLYMPIC Computer Systems here in Germany, are proud to announce to your readers, that we are NOW building the “SuperQL’, which we |
Sinclair QL |
| Exploring New Environments |
ZX Spectrum emulation; QL subdirectories. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Exploring the Mysterious QL: JOS - Adding Your Own Commands to Super BASIC |
Using procedures to add your own commands to Super BASIC |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Eye-Q |
This user friendly program has been on the market for about four years but seldom do you see it mentioned. So I decided to encourage sowcone else to use it by telling how I find it after three years of on and off use. On start up the first thing you see is a narrow |
Sinclair QL |
| Falkenberg KB Interface |
The FALKENBERG keyboard interface has been around for several years now, but it is worth “looking at” in light of the fact that the latest version of the HERMES “chip” is supposed to incorporate a PC-AT KB interface, too; but, the new HERMES “chip” appears to have a price which is similar to the price |
Sinclair QL |
| Family Trees - Is the Game |
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Sinclair QL |
| Fantastic Price Reduction |
Miracle Systems have announced a tremendous reduction in the price of their GOLD CARDS. The export price for delivery outside the UK is now 200 Pounds Sterling. |
Sinclair QL |
| File Comparison |
Fcomp_c is another C program from the C User’s Journal disk #236 (Highly Portable Utilites). I only had to make a few minor changes to port it to the QL. The biggest change being uncommenting the #define NO_STRING_H. I have tried the program out with two short test files. Below is the two files and |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| File Management Tips |
COPYING FILES – If you have Toolkit II and use the WCOPY command to copy a disk, you can enter WCOPY FLP1_,FLP2_ rather than the longer WCOPY FLP1_ to FLP2… |
Sinclair QL |
| File Peekin' |
Have you ever wondered what was in a file on the microdrive? I guess I must be the curious type! I just had to find out, but it took me awhile to discover a method for doing so. In the past I had always opened a channel for input and then used the INPUT keyword |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| File Transfers - QL/Archive to PC/DBase |
This is the first of several articles concerning the interchange of data between QL/QDOS applications programs and MSDOS applications programs. While I have both a QL and an MSDOS computer, by choice I do my work on the QL. Often it may involve either database information from a computer at work, or database information that |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| File Transfers QL to IBM |
Moving a file from the QL to an IBM-XT and reverse is really quite simple. |
Sinclair QL |
| File-Saver Alarm |
With the QL’s tendency to lock-up (a problem experienced by most owners sooner or later). its a good idea to periodically save your work to disk or microdrive. That way, you should lose only that work done since the last save. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| File-Saver Alarm |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| FILECONFIG |
Another program that I have been working on is FileConfig. The short explanation is that FileConfig is an automated version of BasConfig, by O. Fink (and modified by Norman Dunbar and Dilwyn Jones). With BasConfig, you can’t edit an existing Config Block, only create a new one. With FileConfig, you store the definition of a |
Sinclair QL |
| Filename Extensions |
You may have noticed that most software authors use filenames ending with “_BAS”, “_OBJ”, “_BIN”, or other three or four character endings, and wondered as to the significance. |
Sinclair QL |
| Files & The C-Programming Language |
There are times when a program needs to access disk-based storage systems. Text files or data is normally stored or retrieved from a floppy or hard drive. On the QL, data files can also be transferred across the serial ports, in the same manner as a floppy drive. The subject of this article is the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Files 2 |
Review of file management tool for QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Files II - A File Handling Utility |
As a veteran of some six years of using TASKMASTER as my multitasking control software in a gradually improving hardware environment, I have had many an occasion to be thankful for it’s fine characteristics. Among these, I would cite particularly the ease with which one can jump around amongst the four Psion programs. These have |
Sinclair QL |
| FIND2_C |
I have written a C program that will search for a particular string in a file. My first version of the program worked only on text file. The second version was designed to work on Quill files, or any binary file. The reason for these two programs, is that I was trying to help a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| First Impressions of the QL, Part 2 |
One user’s experience with the computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| First Impressions of the QL, Part 3 |
Continues reviewing experiences with the computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| First Report: The QXL Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| FLASH! |
QL available as a kit. Load program for TS 1000. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Type-in program |
| Flash! |
Some of you have heard about the QL World article on the QL in North America. This article was nice and painted a very good picture of the scene here. One little throw-away in the article has created what may be the biggest event in QL-dom in the nineties: that the QL rights to North |
Sinclair QL |
| Flashback |
Review of the database program and a SuperBasic program to use with it. |
Sinclair QL |
| Fletcher's Checksum |
The May issue of “Dr Dobb’s Journal” focused on data communications and included articles on checksums. One article covered Fletcher’s Checksum, an algorithm faster than CRC and just as reliable as CRC, except it handles smaller blocks than CRC. CRC checksum will catch a 2 bit error in a 65,535 bit message, where as Fetcher |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Flightdeck - A Review |
As the name implies, FLIGHTDECK is a flight simulation program for the QL. The cost of the program including shipping and handling is 15 Pounds Sterling. |
Sinclair QL |
| Flippin' The Floppies |
If “Flp2_” needs to be “Flp1_”, or vice versa. |
Sinclair QL |
| Floppy Disk Drive Troubles and My Solution |
After experiencing some problems with my QL’s disk drives and troubleshooting the problem, | wrote this account of what I found and what I did. Hopefully my experience will help someone else. |
Sinclair QL |
| FLP/RAM Level 2 Replacement Eprom |
Once in a great while, a product comes along that is a MUST, the FLP/RAM Level 2 EPROM Replacement Chip from Jochen Merz of Germany is just such a product. |
Sinclair QL |
| Fonts - A Partial Review |
In the language of computers, a Font is a character set comprised of UPPER and lower case letters, numbers 0 to 9 and a set of symbols such as !, @, ft, +, ?, etc., all rendered in a particular and similar style. |
Sinclair QL |
| Food for Thought |
This is your chance to ask the tough questions many QL’ers have been pondering. Or maybe you can respond to a question and help us all. Whatever the case this is your column. It depends on your input. This column is intended to be a forum where legitimate questions and responses can be aired for |
Sinclair QL |
| Food for Thought |
This is your chance to ask the tough questions many QL’ers have been pondering. Or maybe you can respond to a question and help us all. Whatever the case this is your column. It depends on your input. This column is intended to be a forum where legitimate questions and responses can be aired for |
Sinclair QL |
| For the "QLers" Using Spreadsheet |
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Sinclair QL |
| For Your Information: Tidbits About CP/M, TS/TC2068, TC2048, ZX81, TS1500 and QL |
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Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your QL: Archive Secrets |
Tips for using Archive. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| For Your Sinclair: New Releases |
External keyboard for TS2068, sound booster, RGB interface and cartridge adaptor from John Mathewson. Utility tape for TS1000/ZX81/TS1500 from LST Software. PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises. Compuserve announces GIF format. Desktop publishing program from Charles Stelding. Hardware/software to print to Commodore 1520 plotter. Archive utilties for QL. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your Support |
Product announcements from G. Russell Electronics, Byte-Back, Variety Sales, Chia-Chi Chao, Larken Electronics, Sams, Fred Nachbaur, Lemke Software Development and E. Arthur Brown. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| For Your Support |
Product announcements from AN-TO Productions, Bill Bell, Chia-Chi Chao, David Hill, Fred Nachbaur/Silicon Mountain Computers, Knighted Computers, C. W. Associates, RMG Enterprises, Weymil Corporation, Grey & Clifford Computer Products, Rockfort Products, Charles Stelding, John McMichael, G. Russell Electronics. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Foreign Correspondent Richard Describes the New Sinclair QL Computer |
Sinclair has done it again. I expect you haven’t heard about his new computer – the QL – as it was only announced last week in Britain. The specification of the machine is very good and I will list some of the main points. |
Sinclair QL |
| Format to 894/900 Sectors |
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Sinclair QL |
| Forth for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| FORTH Programming |
I have been programming with FORTH for a number of years now and have used it on the 1802, PDP-11, 6502, 8080, Z-80, 68000, 8086, V-20, 80286, and the 68HC11 CPU’s. The different CPUs have many different assembly languages and when writing programs that you want to run on all the machines you can have |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Foto-DBase |
Foto-DBase is a database of people with digitised photo. It requires a QL with at least 256 kbytes of RAM, and you can ’graphics epi to Epson and compatible printers (9 or 24 pin). |
Sinclair QL |
| Fractals Continued |
By now, ve have most of the program defined. We are missing some parts, but.. we can at least get a start on the program. Before we go too far, let’s review! |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Fractured Fractals |
You have no doubt seen some computer generated landscapes or other objects. If you saw any of the Star Trek movies, you did see a computer representation of an object on the screen amde up of repetetive squares, triangles, circles or curving lines. Unless the geometric objects making up the surfaces are filled in or |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| From the Editor |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| From the Editor |
This issue is a smaller than I’d like. As the new owner of a Z88 I’ve been spending time playing with it. Not being good a soldering, I took me a while to make some cables for it. Plus, having a bad soldering pencil did not help matters. This will be the last issue before |
Sinclair QL |
| From the Editor and Disk Drops |
Welcome note from Lloyd as new editor. Overview of the QL software suite. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| From the Editor: THE QHJ GOES ELECTRIC |
With this issue, the QHJ is now also being distributed via electronic mail. With the recent advent of a QL Internet mailing list, the QHJ can be distributed to QL users all around the world in a matter of minutes. Even QL users on CompuServe can recieve the QHJ via e-mail. The QHJ will still |
Sinclair QL |
| From The Editor's Cluttered Desk |
Themed issues; where to get your computer fixed; computer in business; Maryland doctor uses ZX81; Brazil’s TK 90X; Fred Nachbaur, QL’s price hits rock bottom; more QL news from the UK; Sir Clive’s Z88 update; dates to remember. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81 |
| From the QL Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| From the QL Library: Circles |
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Sinclair QL |
| From the QL Library: Random Blocks |
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Sinclair QL |
| From Where I Sit |
Several months ago, | suggested that we start a series on how we used our computers. At the time I thought that it would be interesting to see the QL in a wide variety of settings. Who knows, it might have contained the spark that caused another person to say, “Hey, I need to do |
Sinclair QL |
| From Where I Sit |
Several issues ago promised that I would have some additional comments about Digital Precision’s rebuttal to my critique of their desktop publishing program, Professional Publisher. After several months of saying that it would be in the next issue, here it is. |
Sinclair QL |
| Front Page Extra |
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Sinclair QL |
| Games for the Sinclair QL: A Potpourri |
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Sinclair QL |
| Geneva Chatter |
There is nothing like an invitation to write an article to get one to sit in front of the keyboard. So, what will I write about? I wrote in QUANTA about a near disaster with my QL which they published in their October issue – now the French QL Club (QLCF) have made a translation |
Sinclair QL |
| Getting a Byte on the Page |
When I first got my QL the printer I had was a Brother M1009 – a nine pin dot matrix with both serial and parallel ports but only one font. This served me very well for many years but recent circumstances led me to look for a a better device to produce my documents. These |
Sinclair QL |
| Getting It In(to) The NEC |
So, you might say,”this guy can’t spell for beans,so why should I read anything he says?” Well, if you were one of the lucky ones who got a NEC Spinwriter Model 3515, through the good offices of Tom Robbins, these words, ahead, might save you some cogitation and frustration. |
Sinclair QL |
| Getting the Most Out of SBASIC |
More and more people are using SBASIC – the wonderful SuperBASIC compatible language which comes with any SMSQ for the GoldCard, SuperGoldCard, all ATARIs and the QXL. It offers far more facilies besides being very fast and able to be executed many times at the same time (we will make use of this feature in |
Sinclair QL |
| Getting the Most Out of SBASIC |
1t is very nice to have the flexible Level 3 Device Drivers of SMSQ – you can read and write DOS and TOS disks as if they were QDOS disks. There is absolutely no problem in converting bitmap graphics images or vector graphics, fonts etc. However, if you transfer text which contains special characters (foreign |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| GIF - A Review |
Carlo Delhez, from Holland, has written a useful graphics utility. It’s a ‘GIF reader’ for the QL. ‘GIF’ is a computer graphics storage format standard. There are thousands of GIF pictures of every imaginable kind on the Internet and on disk. UnGIF converts these files into a QL screen picture. |
Sinclair QL |
| GIF Graphics Decoding-Encoding Now Available to Sinclair QL Users |
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Sinclair QL |
| GIF on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| GIF on the Sinclair QL Supercomputer |
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Sinclair QL |
| Going Dutch for the Weekend |
Ah, the best laid plans of mice and QLers! With the best of altruistic motives I offered to transport three members of Quanta in my car to the Eindhoven meeting on the 4th March but my car had other ideas. A couple of days before the meeting it’s radiator decided to commit Hari Kari and |
Sinclair QL |
| Going Online 5 - QBOX USA, Initial Access |
The North American QL community is very lucky to have a group of dedicated enthusiasts who have set up a very complete bulletin board dedicated to the QL. It is called QBOX-USA, and it has been in operation for nearly 2 years now. |
Sinclair QL |
| Going Online with Your QL |
I’ve been asked to explain how to use your QL to call a bulletin board system (BBS). 1 had problems trying to follow a structured approach to explaining everything necessary to use your QL online. So, I decided to just ramble in a couple directions, explaining as I go. Hopefully you’ll get the information you |
Sinclair QL |
| Going Online, Part 1 |
This is the start of a series of articles that are designed to help anyone go ‘online’ with their QL. This means to use the phone line to communicate with another, remote computer ( a Bulletin Board). |
Sinclair QL |
| Going Online, Part 2 |
As mentioned last time, this is a series by a beginner for beginners. Those Pith experience may find some chuckles here. If you have a better way, then please, drop me a line, and I will incorporate your advice in my series. I have already run into many obstacles, and I am just beginning. Before |
Sinclair QL |
| Gold Card ROM |
Even the famed Tony Tebby Sometimes makes boo-boos. Since its release the Gold Card ROM has been upgraded to add features, and correct glitches. We hear that an early glitch related to the serial port, but we are not aware of the specifics of all the changes. It does appear that the changes largley apply |
Sinclair QL |
| Gold Card Update |
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Sinclair QL |
| Gold Diggings |
‘way back many moons ago when the skics were clear and the air was baluy and warm, I decided I would like to do some Gold Digging, So I got out the old skein of skin and a bit of bone and spinach dye and sent off by pigeon post to the Old Country for |
Sinclair QL |
| Gossamer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Graphics and the Z88 |
The Z88 has no facilities to show graphics on its screen. But in combination with a QL it is possible to get graphic output from a Basic program, run on the Z88! What you need is a cable from the Z88 to the SER port on the Qi and the TURBO compiler to compile a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Greeting Cards with LINEdesign |
While PC users have had different programs available that make it easy for them to create greeting cards, the QL world doesn’t have such convenient tools (yet?). Many of those people have found out just how fun and unique creating their own personal cards can be. In fact, some people create custom cards as a |
Sinclair QL |
| Grey Wolf - A Review |
This was my first introduction to “Grey Wolf,” a World War II submarine simulation game. Upon boot, up you are asked three questions; if you want to hear engine noise, if you want a training mission, and the degree of difficulty 1-5 with 5 being the most difficult; the default to the first two questions |
Sinclair QL |
| GST QC C Compiler - A Review |
I recently found out about another C compiler. Peter Tillier send me a copy (legal, of course) of a C compiler by GST. Peter says that the compiler is now available from Quanta for about 15 pounds. The compiler seems to be a cross between Small-C and Metacomco QL C. Like Small-C, it supports a |
Sinclair QL |
| GT Prolog - QL |
Attempting to write a review of GT-Prolog (GTP) has proved to be rather more difficult than anticipated. There is, first of all, the necessity for familiarization with a new language. This, of course, was to be expected. What was not foreseen was the difficulty in reading (or rather, interpreting) the accompanying manual. |
Sinclair QL |
| GT Prolog - QL (Part 2) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Handy Procs |
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive tasks. |
Sinclair QL |
| Hardcopy (A QL Utility) |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Hardware for your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Hardware Mods Review |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hardware Savvy: Modifications and maintenance tips for the Sinclair family of computers |
Tom Bent begins documenting projects that take place at the CATS hardware sessions. This column describes how to re-insert a membrane connector without cracking it. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hardware Savvy: Modifications and Maintenance Tips for the Sinclair Family of Computers |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Hardware Tips for the QL |
Does your OL sit here and stare at you on power up, just daring you to press F1 or F2? Remembering that the OL has a MEMBRANE KEYBOARD and that kevs can stick. run the back of a finger nail over all the keys (special notice to space bar and ENTER key, please). |
Sinclair QL |
| Hash Table |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Hello, World |
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Sinclair QL |
| HELLO, WORLD |
In a number of recent postings to alt.folklore.computers, the answer to the question “What’s the shortest ‘Hello, World’ program for a specific language? For those that don’t know, ‘Hello, World’ is the first program used in K&R’s book on C and is synonomus with the simplest program to write as a beginner. The whole scope |
Sinclair QL |
| Help Me! With Conqueror SE |
With the purchase by many of us of the Digital Precision, QL COLLECTION, I’m hoping someone will be able to come to my rescue concerning a couple of problems I’m having with CONQUEROR SE. I’m running CONQUEROR SE on a QL with a Super Gold Card and a Hermes chip. |
Sinclair QL |
| Help QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Help! |
The library received a great game of checkers (Chequers/Draughts) in SuperBASIC. It is an excellent game but very slow in the SB. |
Sinclair QL |
| Help! Help! |
In the near future, we hope to be able to offer our readers the best in PUBLIC DOMAIN software from around the world. To this end, we need TRANSLATORS to translate into English, software in the following languages : FRENCH, GERMAN, and ITALIAN. We currently have over 50 disks іп these languages waiting to be |
Sinclair QL |
| Helper - A File Handling Utility |
HELPER, a utility program written by Bill Cable of Wood and Wind Computing, Cornish, NH, is a terrific front end for the unexpanded QL. It is best used on a QL with extra memory, but will work on a 128K memory machine. It requires approximately 25K of memory for itself. |
Sinclair QL |
| Helper: A SuperBASIC Program |
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format. |
Sinclair QL |
| HELPER: A SuperBASIC Program |
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format. |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint - Serial Mouse |
Many users have reported problems when attempting to use Albin Hessler’s Serial Mouse software. Frank Davis of Mechanical Affinity reports that most of the problems he has seen can be solved by following three basic steps: first, its necessary to make a small QL cable to hook to a serial mouse; the second, requires people |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #1 |
It can be difficult to insert a peripheral device (i.e. Trump or Gold Card) into the expansion slot of the QL while they are both horizontal. If you stand the the QL on it’s end with the expansion slot up, you will find that the device will slide in or out without snagging any of |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #1 - Un-numbered Boot Programs |
Following up a hint in a previous issue, boot programs do not have to be manually typed in to add line numbers. You can, of course, load them into an editor and manually add line numbers, but it is much easier to let the QL do it automatically. |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #2 |
With so many new hardware upgrades, I find that I am changing or remounting chips with increasing frequency. Just recently I mounted two Gold Card chips (version changes), an upgraded MINERVA ROM and the Keyboard Interface, which required lifting the 8049 chip. Some people have no problems slipping chips in and out of their QLs, |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #2 - Using Printer Control Codes in Quill |
rovided your printer is set to ignore the MSB (Most Significant Byte) of byte values sent to it, (many are shipped with this as a default setting and normally this can be changed by a DIP switch inside the printer or from software), it is possible to send control codes by using CHR$(155) from the |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #3 |
Occasionally, you run across a program that has an unlistable BOOT program. Attempts to list it to the screen results in it executing. The easiest way to get around this is to use the command; “COPY Кірі Boot TO SCR”. This will display the listing to the screen. You can then copy down the program |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint: External Keyboard-90 Interface |
This was an idea that I hadn’t considered of interest to anyone until Tony Firshman commented on it at the “MIRACLE in NEWPORT” show. I have been using Jurgen Falkenberg’s external Keyboard-90 Interface for several years and use a QL keyboard top that has a blank plate in place of the keys. I cut a |
Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hints |
We received the following letter and although have mentioned this tip in a previous issue of QLR, feel it should be stated again because it is useful. |
Sinclair QL |
| Herb Schaaf's Small C Programs |
Editor’s Note – Herb Schaaf has sent me a couple of Small C programs via e-mail. He did not include an article about the two programs, so I am just presenting them as is. One is an update of my previous find_c. Be aware that Herb adds a number of bells and whistles in his |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Hex Movement Library |
Recently I’ve been distracted by one of my other hobby, wargaming. There has been a discussion on USENET about freeware space combat games. Having designed one a few years back, I quickly did an ASCII version and posted it. This then lead to further distractions in that hobby. Feeling guilty about “abandoning” the QL, I |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Hidden File |
Mme day while doing some chores on the QL I saved a file, but I actually made a mistake, In haste I forgot to include the name of my file. When I realized this, I had already pressed the ENTER key. To my amazement, the computer went right on and saved my file. My curiosity |
Sinclair QL |
| Hints and Tips on QL's |
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Sinclair QL |
| Hints and Tips on Sinclairs |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Hints and Tips on Sinclairs |
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Sinclair QL |
| House Of Coding Style |
I was recently doing some CGI-BIN programming in Perl. Since I was new to CGI-BIN programming, I did what every other programmer does when he is new to something, he borrows somebody else’s code to see how it is done. I borrowed come Perl CGI-BIN code from our local CGI-BIN expert at work. When writing |
Sinclair QL |
| How Does It Measure Up? |
Although we are living in the “digital age”, sometimes it’s fun to measure something the old fashioned way. Everything seems to have a digital display attached to it now days. Just take a look at the dash board of a new car. What happened to the needles, gauges, hands and clock faces? They’re all digital |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| How Goes It, Update? |
MAX DOS vs MS DOS vs QL DOS; SPDOS for Oliger; TS-2068 and Sinclair QL issue disks and micro drive dubbing; copyrights; QL support in this issue; meet some QL programmers; SINCUS programs; the North American Sinclair Society. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| How to Alter a File/Disk |
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Sinclair QL |
| How to Alter a File/Disk |
I have tried to modify various files at different times with minimum success. I have tried using an editor program but it truncated long lines or did funny things. I have monitor program which allows files to be loaded to memory and modified but I have not had great success using it. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| How to Fit a New QL Keyboard Membrane |
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Sinclair QL |
| How to Get Stuff from Big Blue, or MS-DOS to QL File Conversions |
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Sinclair QL |
| How to have a Reliable QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| How to Modify a Coleco Adam Power Supply for your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Howard Clase plays with Disks |
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Sinclair QL |
| I Built a QL Kit |
Review of user-assembled QL available from dealers. |
Sinclair QL |
| IBM to QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| ICE Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| IDing QL File Types |
There is nothing quite so frustrating as to get a disc or microcartridge full of programs and not know where to start in order to make the programs work. |
Sinclair QL |
| IFE Data_base Review |
To begin with, this program requires ToolKit II to be present. The first thing I found when I loaded QED (the editor), according to the voluminous notes (exec_w flp1_QED, flpi_IFEdata_exe) which accompany the program, was that the screen display did not come on. Sure, I got the cursor on screen, but no menu or writing: |
Sinclair QL |
| IFE Disk Policy |
As many of you are aware, over 90 3.5″ disks were received from the IFE in Germany comprising software from user groups around the world. We allocated club funds to purchase 100 each of 5.25″ and 3.5″ disks to make backups. At present the Scottish, Dutch, German and French libraries are complete. |
Sinclair QL |
| IFE Disk Review C005 |
When I first began reviewing IFE disk C005, I thought there wasn’t much that I’d be interested in. The directory was filled with #hat appeared to be fractal/Mandlebrot programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| IFE Disk Rules |
There is some confusion Public Domain software charges, so let me repeat. NESQLIB disks are $1.00 on your preformatted medium, $1.50 on ours. |
Sinclair QL |
| Image D |
IMAGE D is a program that allows the user to create a three dimensional object and then manipulate that object in space. You can view the object in a number of different ways; wireframe, hidden line, shaded, one view, three views (front, plan and side views on the same screen) and in perspective. The object |
Sinclair QL |
| Imagix by Emmanuel Verbeeck |
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Sinclair QL |
| Improved Z88-QL Cable |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Improving a Sector_COPYing Program |
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Sinclair QL |
| Improving the Home Database |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Improving the QL's Sound |
In this article I will describe a couple of ways to improve the sound output of the QL. While I haven’t yet figured out a way to add a PC Soundblaster type board to the QL, what it does have can be improved with a few small changes. These changes can be done to any |
Sinclair QL |
| In Memoriam: Ernest J Wider |
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Sinclair QL |
| In The Pipeline |
Work continues on the GRAPHICS CARD from Miracle Systems, as well as TWO NEW PRODUCTS. The first is an honest to goodness, PARALLEL PORT, and the second is a true SERIAL PORT. While no delivery dates were given by Miracle on these last two items, they are expected in the not too distant future. All |
Sinclair QL |
| In The Pipeline |
Work continues on Miracle System’s GRAPHICS CARD. No release date has been announced. Qview and TF Services of the UK are working on a replacement for the QL’s coprocessor, the 8049 chip. This chip controls the QL’s keyboard and serial ports. The advantages of using a 8749 or equivalent chip would be increased speed and |
Sinclair QL |
| In-Between |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Index-Bubble Sort |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Indexer - A Brief Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| Infix to Postfix |
In the March 1992 issue of “The C Users Journal”, Rex Jaeschke has a column called “Doctor C’s Pointers”. He has been running a series of articles on data structures in C. In one of the column on stacks, he presents a infix notation to postfix notation translator/convertor. Infix notation is what is used in |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Innocents Abroad |
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Sinclair QL |
| Input/Output |
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Sinclair QL |
| inQLings |
New software and other news about the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Installing a Hard Disk |
Here is the saga of my recent activities in updating my QL to be really modern and have a HARD DISK! (An old QL with Super Gold Card, Hermes, Minerva, SMSQ/E, Sermouse). I write this because it shows how naive one can be. Hard disk? Easy – buy one. |
Sinclair QL |
| Interesting QUANTA Articles |
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Sinclair QL |
| Intergroup Freeware Exchange |
The INTERGROUP FREEWARE EXCHANGE, serviced by the SINCLAIR QL USER CLUB e.v. (SQLUC) of Germany, have announced the establishment of the library. Membership is open to QL USER GROUPS worldwide. |
Sinclair QL |
| International Computer Dictionary |
The last year or two has seen a tremendous increase in the international exchange of group libraries and Public Domain software. Many of these programs are of commercial quality and make fine additions to any QL User’s library. The majority of these programs are written (understandably so) in the author’s native language, including documentation and |
Sinclair QL |
| International Computer Glossary |
I thought this might be a good time to bring you up to date on the status of the International Computer Glossary, especially to those that worked so hard to provide input and resolve discrepancies. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL Meeting |
On Saturday the 21st of March 1992, the Sinclair QL User Club of Germany will be hosting the “INTERNATIONAL QL MEETING” in the city of Munster-Roxel in northwestern Germany, at the Tilbecker Strasse 24, from 8 am until 10 pm. This meeting is dedicated entirely to a discussion of current QL/QDOS developments.In addition, there will |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QL community. The information contained here has been reported to us by individuals and/or suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported to IQLR by individuals and/or suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported to IQLR by individuals and/or suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is designed to bring together new and lor changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported to IQLR by individuals and /or suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is intended to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported by individuals and suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL News |
This column is intended to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported by individuals and suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL |
| International QL Report |
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Sinclair QL |
| Internet Addresses and some QL files for Your Computing Fun |
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Sinclair QL |
| Internet Conciseness Contest |
Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@eustis.cs.ucf.edu) has started and runs the Internet Conciseness Contest. The contest is designed to provide an outlet for recreational programming. The contest accepts programs only in Ansi C. Scores are based on the number of tokens in a program. The lower the score the better. Mark is up to Round number 4. Below |
Sinclair QL |
| Internet Resource List for Sinclair Users |
FTP, websites, Gopher and other resources. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Introducing Aurora QL Graphics Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| IQLR Buyer's Registry |
Since our last issue Rob Martin of Gainesville, Florida organized and spearheaded a group buy of Miracle System’s Gold Card. A discount of 27% was agreed to by Miracle for a purchase of five or more units. Even though the response was overwhelming, it took a lot of work on Rob’s part as well as |
Sinclair QL |
| IQLR Library |
As we mentioned in our last issue, IQLR is in the process of building a library of FREEWARE, PUBLIC DOMAIN and SHAREWARE software. The purpose of the library, is to offer very good software to our readers who may not have access to them via the QL related Bulletin Boards at a modest fee. |
Sinclair QL |
| IQLR Nerve Center |
Many years ago when I decided my computer needed a home, I looked at the many different varieties of computer work stations available commerically. None were exactly what I wanted, so I built my own using Canadian Birch plywood and Eastern White Pine. The eagle you see everywhere is part of my family’s heritage, and |
Sinclair QL |
| IQLR Special |
We are happy to announce that IQLR has made special arrangements with C.G.H. Services of the UK, and author Simon Goodwin, to offer the D-I-Y TOOLKIT of QL World fame, as a group buy, in its entirety at a bargain price. |
Sinclair QL |
| Is the QL Dead |
In “Quanta” magazine and from our own NESQLUQ members, there is talk about switching over to another computer, usually an IBM. Surely, there should be no guilt over buying a new computer that better fits your needs? I suppose it is the idea of lost friendships that causes such feelings, for the QL has developed |
Sinclair QL |
| Is there a QXL in Your Life? |
Overview of the QXL: a PC expansion card that emulates the QL on a PC. |
Sinclair QL |
| It Really Is a "Quantum Leap"! |
Sinclair Research has done it again! Their new personal computer with 128k RAM, two micro-drives, and four software packages, sells for the almost unheard of price of $499. |
Sinclair QL |
| It's Group Buy Time Again |
If you are like me, whenever I get around a computer I forget all about the correct way I learned to type “way back” in high school. Now I just use a “one finger” method. Not pretty but effective. Well, sort of…! still “fat finger” a lot of keys and, with the QL, it is |
Sinclair QL |
| It's Time for the Next Leap |
Do we need a next generation QL, or more accurately put, a new QDOS/SMSQ hardware platform? |
Sinclair QL |
| Italian Software |
While looking at the archives for the comp.sources.misc newsgroup on Usenet I noticed that there had been a posting on tools for the QL. I was able to download the posting and get the tools. The programs came from Giuseppe “Beppe” Zanetti of Italy. Giuseppe has written a number of programs, including the ones posted |
Sinclair QL |
| Iterated Function Systems |
IFS is what Michael Barnsley calls his Iterated Function Systems, and IFS is another part of fractals (remember those Mandelbrot all-nighters ?). Barnsley did IFS a few years ago and has gone on to bigger and better stuff now. He explains how IFS can be done by anyone with a personal computer using a “collage” |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Join Them Files |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Joining Hands - QReview & IQLR |
To best serve the QL community, as of this issue , QReview is merging with IQLR. This means that I will still have an active outlet for reviews, news and articles but with less of the administration duties and the late nights. |
Sinclair QL |
| Jonas_Term |
Several years ago Mike Mitchell wrote a SuperBASIC program that got the QL on line with a modem. It was far from perfect, particularly as the QL has difficulty receiving data at the serial port, but it was widely copied in newsletters. Independently, Mike Jonas wanted to use an unexpanded QL to access a remote |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| JOYFU Or Find The Missing Construct |
JOYFU when sounded out means “Joyful, with no L” or as it is really supposed to be sounded out “Joyfull Noel.” The lack of an L turns one word into two. This is sort of an interesting introduction to missing letters or constructs. I happen to read a DoD journal called “CrossTalk, The Journal of |
Sinclair QL |
| JSU Screen Modes |
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Sinclair QL |
| Jumper Settings for the 3.2 Meg Drive |
Settings for adding disk drives to QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Just the FAX, Please |
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Sinclair QL |
| Justified Translates |
Addressing a spacing shortcoming in Quill. |
Sinclair QL |
| Kempston QL Disk Drive: Making a Good Thing Better |
Interface gives QL users access to Shugart standard disk drives in addition to built-in Microdrives. |
Sinclair QL |
| Keywhiz |
Frustration may be the Mother of all ALTKEYs. Here are three more ALTKEYs that I use which you might also find of interest. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| KEYWHIZ |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Known QL Dealers and Supporters |
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Sinclair QL |
| La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page) |
Overview of programming languages for the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page) |
Tutorial on using the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Label Program |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LABELS_BAS Revie |
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Sinclair QL |
| LAN or Local Area Network Using a QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| LANG_BAS |
The following SBASIC program was inadvertantly not sent along with the text for the article “SMSQ Language Dependent Modules” printed in Volume 5 Issue 1. This listing should have been printed at the end of the text on page 12. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Language Design Principles |
Jon Bentley has been around computers for years, spending most of his time with AT&T Bell Labs (the birth place of Unix and C). In an article in “Unix Review”, Jon mentions some guidelines on building languages. I thought these guidelines also apply to writing other programs, so I thought I would pass them along. |
Sinclair QL |
| Last Minute Gold News |
We have learned that Miracle has just released rom 2.28 for the Gold Card. |
Sinclair QL |
| Late Breaking News |
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Sinclair QL |
| Late Breaking News |
After we had gone to press with this issue, I had two telephone conversations, the first with Phil Borman Chairperson of QUANTA, and the second with Stuart Honeyball the genius of MIRACLE SYSTEMS. |
Sinclair QL |
| Late Breaking News |
Miracle Systems has announced 4 different configurations for their new QXL PC CARD. It will be offered as either Meg, 2Meg, 5Meg, or 8Meg boards with the sockets in place for future upgrade. |
Sinclair QL |
| Layout |
Program to display a single sheet with scale outline of a page to allow the user to set margins, etc. |
Sinclair QL |
| Le coeur du QL: Le 68008 (The heart of the QL: The 68008) |
Description of the CPU. |
Sinclair QL |
| Learning SuperBasic, Or How I Got out of the WHEN ERRor Loop |
After nearly a year of only using the Psion® sofware on my QL, I finally tried to do a little basic programming. I would like to share what I learned, and I hope others will do likewise. Would one of our members like to give a course in programming? |
Sinclair QL |
| Left Handed Ways of Working a Printer |
Why not use my TS-2068 Daisy software to set-up special print pitches and Letter Quality mode, and then throw the the A/B switch over to the QL for printing? |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Let's Read T/S 2068 JLO Disks With Your QL |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Let's Read TS2068 Disks With Your QL |
Well, here it is. You can read Timex 2068 Oliger disks with a QL with nothing more then a disk interface and ToolKit II. This is made easy due to the simplicity of the methods used to store information on the 2068 JLO system. At this time and present configuration a “basic” read is all |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Let's Work the Net |
We have set up QL networks at the June and August meetings and from these we have learned a few things. |
Sinclair QL |
| Lets Read T/S 2068 JLO Disks With Your QL |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Letter about converting Microsoft BASIC programs to SuperBasic |
Letter includes a program to replace MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$ functions with Sinclair equivalent functions. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Letter from Bob Howard |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Bob Malloy |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Carlo Delhez |
Announcing XTricator (ZX81 emulator for the QL) and Spectator (ZX Spectrum emulator for the QL). |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Charles Reise |
Instructions for setting up check balancing using Abacus on the QL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Letter from Hugh Howie |
Here is QUANDEX. I have decided to let it go as is. It is up to date to the end of Volume 9 and I seem to be going round in circles trying to improve the program. I think it better to let things stand as they are than to exercise my frustration on something |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter from John E. Juergens |
QL recommendations. |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter from John Impellizzeri |
Hello to all NESQLUG members! After reading the last issue of the newsletter, and as SYSOP of the QBox-USA Bulletin Board, I wanted to send some comments. |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter from John Juergens |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Matthew Zenkar |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Rolf Person |
Letter from Swedish QL user’s group. |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter from Ron Blizzard |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter from the Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letter in Reply to Left Handed Ways of Working a Printer |
Writer’s method of connecting two computers to several printers. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Letter to the Editor |
Congratulations for one of the finest (if not THE finest), and most informative User’s Group Newsletter, that I have seen. I am a connoisseur of newsletters; therefore should know whereof I speak. I get four different User’s Groups newsletters from the B.C.S., one from a dealer, two from a National organization, one from a publisher |
Sinclair QL |
| Letter updating REFIELD |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letters |
TS2068 disk drive systems; QL news from the UK; LOAD loader; QL users plea; hurrah for Novelsoft; April fooler; new car shopper. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Letters to the Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Letters to the Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Levenstein Distance |
The Levenstein Distance is a measure of how close two strings are to each other. The Levenstein Algoritm is used to calculate the Levenstein Distance. The Levenstein Algorithm takes two strings and determines what it would take to transform one string into the other, using deletions, additions, and changing characters. The more that must be |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LF/CR to LF in Editors |
All of the C programs that I get from non-QL sources get to the QL via an MS-DOS disk. As most know, MS-DOS uses LF/CR for newline and the QL uses just LF. I’ve written a simple SuperBasic program that will strip off the last character from each line of a file, thereby getting rid |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| lfx_bas |
I guess that if you enjoy programming like I do you produce a lot of programs. Unfortunately, many of them you almost never use and others you probably should use more often, but you just don’t get around to it. Then there is that rare program that becomes a part of your regular routine when |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LibXmenu |
LibXmenu is a C68 library, written by Jerome Grimbert, to help write menu-based programs. When I first heard of it I was thinking that it was a library that converted X-windows routines to PE routines, but this is not what it does. Jerome described Xmenu as a collection of C routines that he wrote to |
Sinclair QL |
| Lighthouse, QL Graphics |
Program to print a lighthouse on a Tandy CGP-220 printer. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Lightning Gold Card S/E |
Let me start with a few historical notes. During the development of the QL, much effort was devoted to keeping QDOS (and SuperBasic) as compact as possible. As a result, performance was not all it could have been, opening the way for system accelerators such as “Lightning”. |
Sinclair QL |
| Lightning S. E. and Boot |
Setup a boot file for the Lighting QL accessory. |
Sinclair QL |
| LINEdesign 'Mirror' Function |
I noticed in the article describing the use of LINEdesign to make greeting cards that the author had not found a ‘mirroring’ or ‘reflecting’ function within LINEdesign (J D Hunkins, IQLR, Vol 5, Issue 5, January/February 1996, p29). |
Sinclair QL |
| LINEdesign V1.05 |
LINEdesign modestly describes itself as “the vector-drawing package”. I’ve found it to be much more than that. LINEdesign is supplied on eleven disks. Ten of the disks contain fonts, borders and clip art. |
Sinclair QL |
| Linked Lists And C -Programming |
My last article on Pointers and Structures demonstrated the way pointers are used to access data within a C Program. This article will relate the concepts of pointers and structures to another mechanism, the linked list. The concept of the linked list is not unique to the CProgramming Language, it is also used in Pascal, |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Linking Assembler Into C Programs |
With the advent of the C-68 “C” Compiler (available from IQLR), an entire library of QDOS functions are available. However, there may be times when you need a special purpose routine that isn’t available in this library, or if you use the Metacomco QLC which only comes with an all purpose QDOS trap function. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LIST Announcing QL Public Domain Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| Little Languages |
The first part of the exercise is to define what part of the LOGO language we will implement. I looked for commands that should translate fairly easily into SuperBasic, but I also wanted some control structures so that I would not handicap Little LOGO. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Little Languages |
The first part of any translator or compiler, is the lexical analyser. A lexical analyser takes the “words” of a program and breaks them up into parts that understands. It separates the operators ( +, =, *, etc) , the reserved words (FORWARD, RIGHT, LEFT, etc) , and variables. It does not check to make |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Little Languages |
The parser is part of a compiler (or translator) that decides if the incoming code is syntactically correct. It makes sure that what you are saying in a particular language is valid. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Little Languages |
The last part of the project is the code generator. This procedure takes the output from the lexical analyser and turns the tokens into SuperBasic code. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LListing With QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Loan Amortization on the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Local Variables |
“What are local variables, anyway?” This was one of the questions I asked myself when I first read my QL USER GUIDE. Of course, I didn’t know what a PROCedure was either. Soon I discovered that I had been using global variables all along and didn’t even know it. Local variables are used within a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LOG-ON! |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Looking at ED Drives |
1 had bought a Gold Card in June 1991 and was experiencing the joys of an almost “normal” computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| Lottery Random Number Picker |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Lotto Program for the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LZW Compression |
In the June and Oct 1992 issues of Dr. Dobb’s Journal, there were two articles on LZW compression. The second article is an improvement to the first program. The original source code was formatted for 80 columns. Since the QHJ is 60 columns, I’ve had to do some reformatting of the code. Some comments follow |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| LZW Compression |
Through work I have come to know one Alex Bocast. When I first met Alex, he mentioned working on a Pattern Matching Algorithm, which he calls Token Reconstruction and that he was pursuing a patent on it. About a few months ago I saw Alex again and queried him on how his patent was going. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Machine States/The Serial Interface |
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Sinclair QL |
| MacPaint File Printing |
Don Walterman has sent a program that reads a MacPaint file and prints to an HP Deskjet printer. Don claims that this is his first C program. If so, it’s very ambitious. Don did not send an article describing his program, so I’ll present it as is. For formatting reasons, comments are below the lines |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mail Received |
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Sinclair QL |
| Mail Received |
Dr. Bbatti, is a member of QUANTA, and has a desire to have QL users be part of a ‘mega-SuperQL” project. He has formed a group called QLAW, the QL Advancement working group. “The aim of QLAW is simple”, says Dr. Bhatti, “to create a SuperQL in a form that would appeal to a majority |
Sinclair QL |
| Make Money With a QL? |
At the CATS meetings, members often ask “How do you use your computer?” I use mine a lot for word processing, I set-up spreadsheets to help me reconcile my checking account, and I try to learn programming on it, but one project actually was paid work. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Four |
Machine source code. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Three |
Machine code portion of the program. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Part Two |
Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mandelbrot - A Fractal World, Update |
Update to program. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Market Testing |
Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in North America indicate that there is also a major market for software? |
Sinclair QL |
| Markup - A Wholesale Pricing Program |
Steve Ostrander of Poughkeepsie, NY, wrote and said that he enjoyed the Newsletter, least in part, because it wasn’t just reviews of hard and software that he wasn’t particularly interested in. He said he especially liked the supposition by Harold Jones that there was a “secret journal” that explained everything about the QL. Steve shares |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Masterpiece by Miracle Systems |
The long awaited GRAPHICS CARD, now titled the “Masterpiece Enhanced Graphics Card” will soon see the light of day. |
Sinclair QL |
| Matcher: An Archive Utility Program |
We have all had the experience of receiving 2 or 3 copies of the same catalog each with a slightly different version of our address on it. Mail order companies buy address databases from many sources and often the same address may be in more than one in a slightly different form. This fools the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Mathematical Operations & The C-Programming Language |
This article will introduce the C Programmer to the mathematical tools provided in the C math library (C68). The methods of working with floating point numbers in C is somewhat different than other programming languages. Most languages provide commands to perform such functions as: square root, logarithm, trigonometric functions, etcetera. However in C there is |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| maus.comp.ql |
This article is intended for QL users who have access to Usenet or any other means to receive such conferences or forums. Intl.QI is an international area to discuss anything related with the QL. It originates from the QBOXnet, an independent private network of bulletin boards (Fido) which run on QLs or compatible machines. |
Sinclair QL |
| Maus.sys.ql |
In the European part of Usenet, there is a newsgroup called Maus.sys.ql. This newsgroup is for the discussion of all things QL. Due to the low numbers of American QLers that read Usenet, a Usenet feed has not been established. I have established an e-mail feed from the newsgroup. This means that all articles posted |
Sinclair QL |
| Maze Solution with CA |
I’ve been playing with Cellular Automata (CA) since College. (See QHJ #4 for a more in depth discussion of CA) I’ve seem some articles that talk about how CA can be used in Physics and Chemistry to simulate various chemical reactions and particle simulations. I have not seen any fairly practical applications that can be |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| MDIR_bas |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| MDIR_BAS v1.05 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Me and My QL |
My system consists of a QL with Trump Card, dual 720K disc drives and a Star NX-1000 printer. I used to use ICE and Expanderam. They are now my backup system with one of my two spare QL’s. I re-ink my 10 printer ribbons with a MAC INKER from Computer Friends. |
Sinclair QL |
| Meet Miracle System's Team |
With the soon to be released QXL (see cover photo) PC card, and work continuing on the long awaited GRAPHICS CARD and SCSI interfaces, we thought you’d like to meet the brilliant team leading us into the 21st century. |
Sinclair QL |
| Meet Sinclair's Newest Computer: The QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Mega Disk Drives & The Gold Card |
Recently we’ve discovered that when married to the Gold Card, not all 3.2 meg disk drives are created equal. After further research, numerous calls to Miracle Systems, and the expenditure of $160.00, we are convinced that the 3.2 meg disk drives listed in issue #3 of TQLR are not FULLY compatible with the Gold Card. |
Sinclair QL |
| Megatoolkit Review |
Megatoolkit adds over 200 new extensions to SuperBASIC (226 by my count!) that can be roughly grouped into the following categories: channels, screen handling, system, system traps, devices, basic utilities and miscellaneous. These new commands and functions can be used to help make your computing life with the QL easier. |
Sinclair QL |
| Menu-Driven Printer_DAT Selection |
Program to allow user to select one of several printers at startup. |
Sinclair QL |
| Merging Archive and Abacus Files |
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Sinclair QL |
| Messing With Headers |
With ToolKit 2 and some other utilities it is possible to read from and write to selected parts of a floppy disk. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Meta-Drivers |
Have you ever needed to do something like flp3_use winl_temporary_directory (instead of the more restricting win_use)? Did it ever seem nice to you to be able to use existing drivers to access new devices? Have you ever wished file name length limits did not interfere with network routing? Have you, for that matter, ever wanted |
Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Cartridge Repairs |
I recently encountered a “stuck” microdrive cartridge. I mean, it was working one minute, and suddenly, all I could get from my QL was “not found”, whatever that means. What it means is that the tape is inserted incorrectly and not moving. In my case, reinserting the tape did not help, so I started looking |
Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Cartridge Storage |
A handy storage box for MDV cartridges is the little 3 1/8″ x 2 3/8″ x 3/4″ metal box which dispenses “Sucrets” cough drops. Each box holds four MDV cartridges. I use one box to hold the four QL PSION programs and additional boxes for data related to the four programs, SuperBasic programs and thier |
Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Cartridges |
The QL is in it’s eighth year, and many users still depend upon the much maligned microdrives. As you know, mdv cartridges have become quite expensive, and hard to get. There are still a few dealers in the U.K. offering used once cartridges, but their numbers are dwindling fast. ABLEX is producing mdv cartridges again |
Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Imaging |
The Trump Card and certain other boards have a very neat little method of loading files from microdrive called “Microdrive Imaging”. It produces a microdrive image in your ramdisk. To do this, a ramdisk is formatted with the name of the microdrive required. |
Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive Problem Solved? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Microdrive spotting |
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Sinclair QL |
| MicroEMACS |
MicroEMACS is a popular text editor written to run an a wide variety of computers and operating systems (Unix, VMS, MS-DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, etc) including the QL and QDOS. MicroEMACS was ported over to the QL by Ken Norrie and is available from the Quanta Library. It includes the editor, documentation, and the C |
Sinclair QL |
| MicroEmacs Line Numbering |
I’ve been meaning to tinker around with MicroEmacs macros for some time, but never got around to it. Recently I decided to take the time to really give it a try. Of all of the text editors available for the QL, I think MicroEmacs is the most powerful. It’s macro language is the most robust |
Sinclair QL |
| MicroEmacs Macros |
Thierry Godefroy has ported over the latest version of MicroEmacs 4.00 to the QL. He has added Pointer Environment support for MicroEmacs, including menu items for all the commands. This has made MicroEmacs much more appealing and much easier to use. Just before this port, I had been playing with a little with configuring MicroEmacs |
Sinclair QL |
| Mine Field |
While checking the QL Anonymous FTP site, maya.dei.unipd.it, in Italy, I ran across a program called Mine Field. All I saw was a file name, so 1 downloaded it to my computer for further examination. |
Sinclair QL |
| Minerva |
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Sinclair QL |
| Minerva and Others |
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Sinclair QL |
| Minerva Bug? |
On occasion, I attempt to translate a program, written as “spaghetti code” in one of the several primitive Basics, into SuperBasic. Where the author has left little or no room between lines, it becomes necessary to renumber the program in order to get some working room. In the course of one such attempt, I encountered |
Sinclair QL |
| Minerva II Tidbit |
Here is a small utility for snooping about in the Minerva II ram. There’s nothing sacred about the limits on i: i = 0 TO 255 will give you EVERYTHING. The given values exclude the control and clock area (0-15) and unassigned, reserved areas (33-34, 164-251, 255). The PAUSE is there just to keep the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Minerva ROM Upgrade |
QVIEW has announced the latest version of its popular ROM upgrade. Version 1.89 represents a significant advancement over earlier versions, it now incorporates a REALTIME CLOCK with buffer, and a I2C BUS INTERFACE to reach the outside world. The new price is 65 Pounds Sterling, with a 5 Pound discount for QUANTA members. |
Sinclair QL |
| Mini-Editorial |
It’s that time of year again, this issue marks the completion of Volume III, on to Volume IV with more enthusiasm than we had when we launched Volume I. With all the shows taking place this year (including MIRACLE in NEWPORT II), with the release of MAJOR new hardware items and the promise of many, |
Sinclair QL |
| Minireviews |
Reviews of CST Disk Interface, Disciple Disk Interface, Supercharge BASIC Compiler for QL, QSPELL for QL, |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Minix on the QL |
For those that don’t know what Minix is; Minix is a small Unix like operating system written by Andrew Tannenbaum to be used as an instructional aide in Operating System classes. Felix Croes started working on porting Minix to the QL from the Atari ST version. Erwin Dondorp (dondorp@fwi.uva.nl) has taken over the task. He |
Sinclair QL |
| Minix on the QL |
MINIX is a Unix-like operating system written by Andy Tanenbaum for teaching operating system classes. Minix has been ported to a number of computer systems, the QL being the the most recent on the list. Since Minix is like Unix, users can learn about Unix from various levels. Users can become familiar with the operating |
Sinclair QL |
| Minix on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Miracle Gold Card |
Miracle Systems of the U.K. have announced and delivered the first shipments of their new SUPER interface. The GOLD CARD fits entirely within the QL’s expansion port and uses CMOS technology throughout, resulting in very low heat generation. The MEAT of the GOLD CARD is a 16 megahertz 16 bit 68000 processor which accesses its |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport |
Photos from the event. |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport - An Englishman's View |
When I heard that Bob Dyl was organising a QL event in Newport, it seemed heaven sent, as I had just given up in the infamous ’free’ Hoover tickets! (Editor’s Note: Hoover had a promotion that offered free airline tickets if you purchased one of their appliances, it ended up badly.) There also appeared to |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport '93 |
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Miracle Systems Demonstration of their new QL products, originally slated to be held in NY, will NOW be held at the Salvation Army Headquarters located on Memorial Blvd., in Newport, Rhode Island. Bob Dyl of IQLR (QL international publication) will be sponsoring this event. The showing will be |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport '93 |
Event announcement. |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport 1994 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport II |
IQLR will be sponsoring the second annual North American QL/QDOS get-together on Saturday the 14th of May 1994. The Salvation Army Building on Memorial Boulevard in Newport, Rhode Island will most likely be the center of activities. A large building that can easily hold 200 to 300 people with plenty of space for numerous supplier |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport II |
As mentioned in our last issue, IQLR will be sponsoring the second annual North American QL/QDOS get-together on Saturday the 14th of May 1994. All who were present at MIRACLE in NEWPORT 93 will attest that it’s much more than a computer show. It’s more i a happening, starting days before as people arrive and |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport II |
The show was held on the 14th of May 1994 at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA. Despite the number of supplier cancellations in the two weeks prior to the show, attendance, while lower than expected, wasn’t bad at all. Most important was that QL’ers had a real good time, and |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport Show Report |
Those who have not yet heard of the super time that was had by a group of North American QL users … prepare thyself! On the 5th of June was held the first ever all-QL show in North America, at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Newport, Rhode Island. Paul Holmgren, my wife Carol, and I |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle in Newport Two and Other Stuff |
Computer fair report and notes on upcoming software and books. |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle Makes Gold Card Network Recent JSU Problems Solved |
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Sinclair QL |
| Miracle Systems Centronics Interface |
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Sinclair QL |
| Miracle Systems Serial/Parallel Printer Interface |
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Sinclair QL |
| Miracle Watch |
Miracle Systems are about to launch three new products, the long awaited GRAPHICS CARD, the PC CARD, and a SCSI INTERFACE. The GRAPHICS CARD is much more than its name’implies, in our last issue I stated that it was more like a new computer when married to the Gold Card. From the information I have, |
Sinclair QL |
| Miracle's New QXL |
At the 4th Italian QL Meeting held January 24th of this year, Miracle Systems unvailed their NEW PC card officially dubbed the “QXL”. Stuart Honeyball of Miracle Systems informed IQLR that it will operate on a PC XT or above (including clones). The operating system is SMSQ (a derivative of Tony Tebby’s SMS-2) and is |
Sinclair QL |
| Modaptor Plus problems |
In looking through the manual of Q-code, I discovered a section on controlling the Modaptor Plus. It says that the modaptor can be controlled by sending a series of signals to pin 2 of the SER 2 port (TX line). |
Sinclair QL |
| Monochrome Monitors: Making Yours Brighter |
T have a PC with QXL-Card and SMSQ/E. But I still use a normal German QL with floppies, Trumpcard and a monochrome monitor. It makes no noise and is therefore good for thinking. But with my monochrome monitor (Philips) I had the problem, that the screen was not bright enough for many of my programms. |
Sinclair QL |
| More "Colors" in QL's Mode 4 |
Stippling colors to create the illusion of other colors. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| More Good-Bad-Uh QLs |
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Sinclair QL |
| More Good, Bad, & Uh, QLs |
I hesitate to make out a ‘form’ with ‘fill-in-the-blanks’ sort of questionnaire, since it might suggest that we know what to look for in advance. I prefer a more free and open examination of the situations various owners can provide about their good and bad QL’s. Archive likes multiple choice; I hope essay answers may |
Sinclair QL |
| More on "Slowgold" |
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Sinclair QL |
| More on Benchmarks |
Duane Parker had the time down to 23 seconds using Forth in his January classic on benchmarking with Pascal, QL-SuperBasic, etc. The Small-C QL combo does it in 16 seconds (14 with Lightning installed). An IBM PS/2-30 and the same (well, nearly the same) source code using Turbo-C took 6 Seconds. Mix-C & IBM did |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| More on Inter Group Freeware Exchange |
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Sinclair QL |
| More on QPC |
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Sinclair QL |
| More on QPC |
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Sinclair QL |
| More on RESPRing from Newfoundland |
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Sinclair QL |
| More On Text Editors |
Reading through Tim’s article on text editors in QHJ #13, I found that his list of editors available on the QL was far from being complete. That is why I would like to add the following to his overview. SEDIT by Ralf Redoendt of Dilwyn Jones Computing A small and fast editor written in compiled |
Sinclair QL |
| More on Timing |
Eros Forenzi’s article on operating speeds (IQLR 4-6) got me to thinking about timings other than those shown. For instance, only three of the four cache and second screen combinations are shown and SMSQ/E is not covered. The following constitutes my feeble efforts to date. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| More PSU Stuff |
Barry Washington reports a burnout of a diode in a modified QL Power Supply Unit (PSU). See “Tweak & Tinker” in the October 1990 CATS newsletter describing the use of “spare” extra diodes from a modified QL PSU for dropping the voltage delivered to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| More QXL Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| More Timex-Sinclair |
During the last two months, I have gone through more changes than Sherlock Holmes. Mostly “time changes,” but these wandering feet are happy to be back on American soil. Anyway, back from Europe and ready to dance through this month’s article with all the charm of a late night 1-900 number. I arrived home to |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| MS-DOS Emulator Ready for QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| MS-QLINK |
MS-QLINK by T. F. Leal of Qfile in Portugal allows for some compatibility between the Sinclair QL and MS-DOS based computers. |
Sinclair QL |
| MSDOS for the Sinclair QL |
MS-DOS emultors for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| MSDOS Lotus <-> QL Abacus |
Transfer of MSDOS/Lotus data to QDOS/ Abacus files is a multi step procedure. It involves going through the MSDOS DBase (or similiar) database program. |
Sinclair QL |
| Muenchen Meeting |
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Sinclair QL |
| Multi-Tasking MS-DOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| Multiple Copies in QUILL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Music Lovers |
Just got the second Library disc put out by our intrepid Librarian and there is enough to keep the Music Lover busy for many a day. |
Sinclair QL |
| My Impressions of the Super Gold Card |
I’ve had my 32-bit, 68020 powered Super Gold Card for a few weeks now and would like to offer some impressions. The first thing you notice is SPEED! |
Sinclair QL |
| My Visit to NESQLUG |
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Sinclair QL |
| Natural Language |
A while back I asked for some help in porting a program listed in the C Users Journal. Emiliano Barbaini of Italy volunteered to help. I sent him the code and in return he sent me back the changes he made to get the program to run on the QL and on an BULL DPX/2. |
Sinclair QL |
| Need to Set that QL Clock? |
John Pazmino of the Boston Computer Society writes about an article he found in the LISTing N/L on how you can automatically set your QL’s internal clock to the nearest second, by using the U.S. Naval Observatory’s Atomic Clock. The U.S.N.O. transmits the time in G.M.T. (Greenwich Mean Time). By calling 202-653-0351, 24 hrs. a |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| NEQLUG Program Library |
At the March NEQLUG meeting it was suggested that a large body of software for the QL has been published in QL World, QUANTA, Time Designs and Update magazines which might be of interest and use to members of the group |
Sinclair QL |
| NESLQUG Library Update |
Well, all things come to those who wait. Except maybe patience. But, it’s finally here, folks. Disk #2. No, please, don’t all rush the stage at the same time. I hate that, but 1 really do believe there’s something for everyone this time (again)? |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLib No2 |
Ed Kingsley announced the release of the NESQLib2 disk, the second in our PD library. A list of the titles with an abbreviated description is the centerfold this month. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLIBNo1 - The Disk |
We have seen the Beta-test version of the final edition of NESQLIBnol, the first disk in our Public Domain Library. It has been promised for some time, but delays in disk organization and checking for incompatibility with certain ROMs has delayed its issue. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLIBrary Update |
I was heartened to see a renewed interest in the Library as evidenced by the “taking” of (14) programs to type-in by eight of those present at the last meeting. I received (7) programs from three people present and one rom A. P. Lewis Ill, a member currently in absentia (or was it Rhode Island?) |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLibrary Update |
In the last newsletter, I made a plea for the return of all programs taken by members for keypunching, whether or not they were done. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLibrary Update |
I had an Art teacher in 6th grade, who made a point of collecting class projects when we thought we stil had 5 or 10 minutes left to work on| them. Her theory was that the paintings were probably as good as they were going to get at that point: and that, in the urge |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG |
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Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG and the Fourth North American QL Show |
Report on the show held in Bedford, MA. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG Fall-Fest |
For a few weeks in the the Fall the prettiest place on earth is in the mountains of New England. The sugar maple leaves are ablazé with vibrant red leaves. Bill and Mary’s house is right in the middle of it, and NESQLUG is having a weekend of QL learning and fun there. Anyone who |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG Goes North |
On August 4th NESQLUG will meet in Cornish, NH. The official meeting time will be from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the home of member Bill Cable. Unofficially the meeting will begin Friday afternoon, August 2. Please use it as an excuse to enjoy the NH/VT countryside. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG Software Library Update |
Our thanks to the many of you who brought in (and demonstrated) software at the June meeting. We had a record turnout the last time we met, and virtually everyone took one or more new programs home with them to key in. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with these programs, volunteer key punchers please |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG Software Library Update |
Thanks to everyone who brought in and demonstrated new software at the September meeting as well to those of you who mailed in new material. |
Sinclair QL |
| Net on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Net on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Network Flush |
Robin Barker of Di-Ren has sent in the following program which allows a QL Network Flush without using Toolkit II. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Network: Gold Card and JSU ROM Not Compatible |
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Sinclair QL |
| Networking with QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Networking with QL |
You must be realistic, if your QL gives up the ghost, you are in deep trouble, unless it is a minor problem, you can forget about having your QL repaired y because it is just about impossible to get replacement parts in this country. |
Sinclair QL |
| New and Upcoming in 1987 |
Details about upcoming 2nd Annual Mid-West Timex Sinclair Computerfest; Larken developing RAMdisk for 2068; Thomas B. Woods will be offering RAM board in kit form that operates in the cartridge slot of the 2068. User-expandable from 8K to 120K; TS telecommunications, Sinclair QL; Zebra/Timex Disk support group; new programs and hardware. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Computers |
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Sinclair QL |
| New From Denmark - ArcED |
ArcED is the new professional TEXT-EDITING-SYSTEM for programmers of all QDOS compatible computers, written by Steen Kastoft Hansen of Denmark. Not just another editor, ArcED offers you a complete new dimension in editing. Itis a configurable full screen Text-Editor, with over 35 direct key commands including user definable function keys. Its inbuilt command line interpreter |
Sinclair QL |
| New from Digital Precision |
We have recently released our latest update to “PERFECTION SPECIAL EDITION’. This version has a massive 35 million megabyte file handling capacity, or put another way, 4 billion lines or paragraphs (seems just about the right size for IQLR). |
Sinclair QL |
| New from Dilwyn Jones Computing |
Recently we’ve released a number of new software packages, and a major upgrade for WINBACK (our hard disk backup software), The following is a short description of each item. |
Sinclair QL |
| New from Jochen Merz Software |
А couple of exciting new products have emerged from Jochen Merz; the first is “SER MOUSE'” a software driver which allows you to connect a MS-DOS serial mouse to one of the serial ports of the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| New from Jochen Merz Software |
QSPREAD a spreadsheet for the 1990’s is now being shipped. Written by Oliver Fink a highly respected guru of the Pointer Environment, QSPREAD can be completely driven by the mouse or the keyboard. |
Sinclair QL |
| New Items |
256K RAM from Larken; PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises; tax software from ABBA Soft; Beta Basic 3; BBSes; West coast fair planned; Pixel Print Plus. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Kid on the Block |
All members of NESQLUG and a lot of other people around the world recently received the inaugural issue of the grandly titled International QL Report. |
Sinclair QL |
| New Life for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| New Product: QPLANE |
The consortium of Zeljko Nastasic of Croatia and Ron Dunnett of the UK have launched their second product “QPLANE” a powered QL Back Plane. From personal experience, get the deepest tower case you can, usually 16″ or better (this can eliminate or reduce any cutting of the case’s frame that otherwise might be necessary). If |
Sinclair QL |
| New Public Domain/Freeware QL Software |
In the past few months I have recieved some disks containing public domain and Freeware software for the QL. The disks came from Howard Clase of Canada, and Franz Herrmann of Germany. For the record, Freeware software is software that is copyright by the author, but everyone is free to copy and distribute the software. |
Sinclair QL |
| New QL 'Open' |
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Sinclair QL |
| New QL Program |
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Sinclair QL |
| New QL: Reader Response from Giuseppe Zanetti |
[Giuseppe has sent this response via e-mail from Italy. His English is far better than my Italian, but I did make a few touch-ups where needed. – ED] Your idea on the last page of Novembers issue of the QHJ was great (“Why not make a QL-Clone…”). My idea is: CPU is a 68XXX mounted |
Sinclair QL |
| New Releases |
New software from Ron Ruegg; “Touring the TS2068 ROM Operating System” book from William J. Pedersen; Arnold Ramaker is developing an expansion box for ZX81, TS1000, TS1500, TS2068 and QL computers; Matthew Zenkar offers utility for QL owners who use DTP software; Sinclair Artificial Intelligence Network special intereste group forming. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 1500, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Sinclair Products |
QL and flat screen TV available from Curry Computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| New Sinclair Publications |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New Software |
We have received a number of NEW SOFTWARE packages. In future issues we will bring you HANDS-ON reviews. |
Sinclair QL |
| New SYNCWARE Group Publication Starting |
Attention QL owners: Now you’ve got a magazine of your very own. “Quantum Levels” is our newest project and the first issue is due out in August. Like SyncWare News, the new “Levels” is bi-monthly. It contains product reviews, hardware projects, program listings, tips on Super Basic, and hints on using the QL bundled software. |
Sinclair QL |
| New Use for an Old Silicon Friend |
A human (as opposed to silicon) friend with a photo lab asked my assistance in solving a problem. The photo printer (original cost in the mid-$70K range), which is computer controlled, was on the blink due to a dead display – a single line flourescent dot-matrix readout. It was analogous to trying to use your |
Sinclair QL |
| New Use for an Old Silicon Friend |
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Sinclair QL |
| New Version Announced |
Digital Precision has just recently released Desktop Publisher Special Edition version 2.0. This new version requires a minimum of 512K RAM and the use of at least a single disk drive. |
Sinclair QL |
| New Version of Sidewinder |
A new version of SIDEWINDER has been released which will make it more compatible with more printers. The initial version was only intended for printers which were fully compatible with the Epson RX80. |
Sinclair QL |
| New, News, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| New! Hermes Co-Processor from QVIEW |
The QL’s second processor, the Intelligent Peripheral Controller (IPC 8049), handles sound and the serial port, as well as keyboard input. The code in the present 8049 suffers from a number of problems. |
Sinclair QL |
| Newport 93 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Newport Miracle |
Even in Newport, Herb and I carpooled and thus had a chance to talk about what to think about, look for, or wonder about. Herb, as one might expect, had about twenty items on a written list and I, as usual, had a few vague ideas on my mind. So, we were well prepared for |
Sinclair QL |
| Newport Report |
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Sinclair QL |
| News |
Sinclair QL is available. Sinclair lends ZX Spectrums to North American dealers for evaluation. Compuserve and The Source have Timex Sinclair special interest groups. Zebra bulletin board back on line. |
Sinclair QL |
| News |
In the last month I have recieved quite a bit of QL related news. Most of it is important to the QL programmer. QL International Bob Dyl of Rhode Island has started a new QL newsletter call QL International. It is designed to be a news source of QL related news gathered from around the |
Sinclair QL |
| News |
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Sinclair QL |
| News - and some QL Library Additions |
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Sinclair QL |
| News and New Products for your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| News and Views on Sinclairs |
Paul Holmgren lost his house in a fire;QL resources on the internet. |
Sinclair QL |
| News and Views on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| News Flash! |
With the recent collapse of Robert Maxwell’s publishing empire, and most if not all of its operations scheduled for the auction block, there was real concern for the fate of “QL World”. We are happy to report, that we have been informed, the employee’s of MCPC Ltd. have purchased the group publishing “QL World” along |
Sinclair QL |
| News for this year |
Macintosh and NeXT emulators being readied. Author working on several self-published books about ZX81/TS 1000 computers. Local group developing simple compiler. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| News from Digital Precision |
Freedy Vachha of Digital Precision would like the readers of IQLR to know that as of the 10th of October 1994 DP. has NO orders, refunds due or correspondence outstanding. He would also like to thank the loyal DP customers who put up with delays caused by developments on the personal front. |
Sinclair QL |
| News from Europe |
Two international QL meetings will be held soon in Europe, the first is the “4th Italian QL Meeting” organized by Ergon Development and QITALY Club it will be held at Reggio Emilia, Italy on the 24th of January 1993. The second meeting will be the “International QL Meeting” organized by the Dutch QL group SIN_QL_AIR |
Sinclair QL |
| News from James Cook |
We received the following letter from James Cook about two new programs written by him: “Enclosed is the copy and docs For PRINCOM and BLANKER. It is not copy protected. You can List the lloader program, and VIEW or EDITOR the main programs to get am idea of what is done. It is compiled with |
Sinclair QL |
| News from Mausnet |
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Sinclair QL |
| News from Miracle Systems |
Miracle is now shipping their re-designed DISK ADAPTER (allows the use of up to 4 disk drives with Trump or Gold Cards), and they are presently re-designing their QL CENTRONICS interface, we’ve been told that the new version will fit under the hood of a Centronics male connector and eliminate the need for the box. |
Sinclair QL |
| News from Sector Software and England |
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Sinclair QL |
| News from the Internet |
QL FAQ Table of Contents. |
Sinclair QL |
| News Italian Style |
g: The 7th Italian QL meeting was held in Reggio Emilia Italy. The meeting was attended by about 40 people. This is really a good result for various reasons. First of all the long awaited new hardware pieces were not available for the meeting – think about SuperHermes, the QL Graphic Card or the QXL |
Sinclair QL |
| News Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| NEWS RELEASE - QL HDD-CARD |
The QL HDD-CARD is an interface board for the QL’s expansion port that allows you to connect a standard PC-hard drive controller of either the MFM (controller type OMTI 5520 or WD 1002A-WX1), or RLL hard drive (controller type OMTI 5527, WD 1602-27X or 1002A-27X) to the Sinclair QL. The driver for the new device |
Sinclair QL |
| News Release - Text87 Plus4 |
TEXT87 PLUS4 is finally out of wraps. Based on the proven technology introduced in the previous releases of text87, the new PLUS4 is a complete rewrite in object orientated ANSI C and 68000 assembly language using state of-the-art development tools and crosscompilers not availabie for ine QL. These tools have enabied us to surpass the |
Sinclair QL |
| News, New, Views and Review |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, New, Views and Reviews |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| News, News, News |
Duane PARKER is cooking up something special for the next CATS meeting! The topic is: “Programing with PASCAL”, He intends to connect about six QL’s on-site in a small network which will permit the attendees to carry out—in real time—the PASCAL lesson he will conduct. |
Sinclair QL |
| News, News, News |
Duane Parker’s Network/Pascal demo was FANTASTIC. Five QL’s extended to seven on the fly as latecomers arrived – interchanged listings, accessed programs on three different machines, and generally amazed the populace. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Newsletter Newsnotes |
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Sinclair QL |
| Next Workshop |
Let’s get together and get it together! Barry Washington, Cliff Watson, myself and others expect to be there with soldering irons and conflicting advice on the best of many ways to connect the QL and monitor. |
Sinclair QL |
| Nigel Searle Shows QL at BCS |
Searle demonstrated the QL’s features and power to the General Meeting of the Boston Computer Society. |
Sinclair QL |
| Non-Epson Screen Dumps from Easel |
Printing from Easel to printers that are not Epson compatible. |
Sinclair QL |
| Norwegian Connection |
It was good to hear that the QL continues on in the USA. Here in Norway we have a group of 40 members, and most have at least one QL. We publish “SINCLAIR MAGAZINE” 6-7 times a year. It’s 28 A5 (roughly 5 1/4″ by 8 3/4″ paper) pages filled with reviews. Our group also |
Sinclair QL |
| Not Quite An Editorial, Just News |
Updates on hardware and software for QL, TS 2068 and Z88 users. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Notes - QL, Serial Ports & Modems |
This little article is about some things I’ve learned and observed while using my QL and its serial ports. This info may be common knowledge, especially to seasoned QL communications veterans but for the benefit of others, here it is. First of all, Hermes is highly recommended for anyone using a QL and its serial |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes & Jottings |
As the graphic to the left attests “Another Era Dawns” on the QL community, in fact referring to the QL community really only specifies one area, thus the graphic states QDOS and SMSQ/E. WHY ? The answer is simple, QDOS, SMS, SMSQ and SMSQ/E in one form or another are operating on a multitude of |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes & News from JMS |
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Sinclair QL |
| Notes from a Traveller |
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Sinclair QL |
| Notes from Cyber-Space |
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Sinclair QL |
| Notes from the Publisher |
It’s with great anticipation that we end our fourth year of publication and begin work on our fifth. The number of International QL shows continues to grow, more and more high quality PD software is finding its way into users hands, more hardware developments than we’ve seen in years are about to break on the |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes on IFE Disk T001 |
There are nine programs on this disk, which is a result of the efforts of the Scottish QL User Group. JI will deal with them in the order they appear on the disk. I hope my remarks will assist others to operate those programs. At least you will have a basis for your own operations; |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes On Programming In C |
While surfing on the Net (as the media likes to hype) I ran into a site that had some essays on programming. One, “Notes on Programming in C” by Robert Pike had some interesting points. Procedure Names Procedures names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return. Functions are used in |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes on QL Lock-ups |
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Sinclair QL |
| Notes on QSI Speed Index Table |
Below you will find the extensive results of recent tests using QSI Speed Index (available on most QL Bulletin Boards as public domain software). All but a few tests have been done by me using the English version of ARCHIVE 2.38 on an empty machine with just TK2 enabled. |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes on the QL Kit |
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Sinclair QL |
| Notes on XCHANGE |
With the recent release of XCHANGE into the Public Domain (QL version only), and the lack of available documentation (at least in North America), it became apparent that QL users needed something in addition to their knowledge of QUILL. The following notes on XCHANGE have been extracted from the XCHANGE HELP and QUILL HELP files |
Sinclair QL |
| Object Oriented Programming On The Ql |
I’ve been watching the current trend in programming move toward the Object Oriented paradigm for some time now and I still have no idea of what the real differences between Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and procedural programming. I have yet to see an article that compares the differences using an example program. To give an |
Sinclair QL |
| Of Interest to QL Owners: A new regulartor for your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Of Mice and Menus |
Ah mice. Little furry creatures running around and squeaking and women standing on chairs in early sixties sitcoms or little plastic objects that either aggravate or enhance the lot of computer users. Before you turn the page and read something else let me say that this article is not an attempt to get people to |
Sinclair QL |
| Oh No! Not Another Interest Computation Program! |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Olimpo: Multiplatform Development in C |
There are different kinds of computer architectures, operating systems and personal configurations, but all of them are intended to do the same thing: running your favorite software. When you find (or write) a program that is worth to you, you would like it to run on any computer, not just your QL, Mac or whatever |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| On QL Disk Interfaces |
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Sinclair QL |
| On the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| On the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| On the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| On the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| On the QL |
Well, here I go again! I have received my SUPER TOOLKIT II only a few days ago), and I’ve found that it takes care of the following complaints that I have with my QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| One Sided Disks |
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Sinclair QL |
| One-Sided Disks Do Not Exist |
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Sinclair QL |
| Online With The QL |
The September/October IQLR mentioned that 41% of those responding to the questionnaire used their QL’s primarily for communications. Although, this number is larger than expected, it still indicates that over half of all QL owners DO NOT use modems, even though it is now cheaper than ever to get “online”. |
Sinclair QL |
| OOPS! |
Issue #5 : in Doug Dewey’s article “What Use Is The QL In Education“, the program “DBTUTOR” was mentioned. We apologize for not mentioning that this program was written by Bill Cable (a frequent contributor to IQLR), and could be purchased from Bill. |
Sinclair QL |
| Open Letter to All QL Users |
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Sinclair QL |
| Open World V2.12 |
Open World converts graphics from other computers into the QL display format. It can generate MODE 4, MODE 8, or dithered two-colour screens which use patterns instead of shades of grey. |
Sinclair QL |
| Organizing a QL Show |
It all started with a bit of leg pulling. I kept asking Bruce Nicholls when he was going to organise a QReview show now that Bob Dyl had organised his second Miracle In Newport. Bruce replied by challenging me to organise a QL show in the North West of England somewhere. Eventually, I gave in |
Sinclair QL |
| Other News |
In the news department, we keep hearing rumours that Amstrad “may” want to do something with the QL but officially they say “no decision has been made.’ |
Sinclair QL |
| Other Thoughts |
I am trying at the moment to produce BEEP tones which actually correspond precisely to a musical scale. The pitches available using only the BEEP Pitch and Duration Parameters are seldom even close to true musical pitches. If a reader has already worked out “true” tones with the aid of the other parameters, I’d really |
Sinclair QL |
| Our Readers Speak |
As the publisher of IQLR, I have the opportunity to hear from a large number of QL users worldwide. I’m constantly being renewed by the encouragement and enthusiasm of QLers. Their loyality and steadfastness in support of our little machines, is unmatched in the computer world (and they said the QL was dead). |
Sinclair QL |
| P/D Software |
Recently two pieces of Public Domain Software have been sent to IQLR for the purpose of making them available to our readers. The first progam is titled “MERINO TIL” (sent to us by Salvadore Merino of Spain) which is intended as a Multimedia Database Language. |
Sinclair QL |
| Page Designer 3 |
Page Designer 3 (PD3) is the long anticipated next generation desktop publisher. It operates under the extended environment (pointer environment) and takes advantage of many of the environment features. PD3 can be controlled almost completely by mouse, and though a mouse is highly recommended, it can also be used from the keyboard. With PD3 you |
Sinclair QL |
| PAL Chips Available |
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Sinclair QL |
| Parallel I/O Modification |
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Sinclair QL |
| Parameter Passing Mechanisms |
There are many parameter passing mechanisms that are used to pass data into, out of or both into and out of procedures or functions being accessed. What is said here applies to procedures and functions in the Pascal sense and to functions in the C sense; so I’ll omit ‘or function’ for the rest of |
Sinclair QL |
| Parameter Passing Techniques In S*Basic |
In QHJ#24 and #25 there were articles on parameter passing techniques (By Tim Swenson and by Peter Tillier, respectively). I won’t (too much) re-hash what’s already been said (this article was prepared before I was aware of the other two), but look at the matter in a practical way, that may suit some readers. I’m |
Sinclair QL |
| Pascal Hints |
We received the following letter from Carl Kuchte of Lewisville, NC. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Pascal Notes |
Since I expect that the CATS membership may be interested in the network setup for the Pascal workshop that we had in June and continued in August, I will mention a few pertinent items here. At a later date. I may be able to write an article on the ins and outs of QL networking |
Sinclair QL |
| Pascal Programs |
Examples of Pascal programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Passing Parameters |
When I was learning Pascal, one of the hurdles I had to get over was the concept of parameter passing. Parameters are used when passing data to procedures and functions. Parameters some in two type; “call by value” and “call by reference.” When you pass operation to a procedure, you are “calling” that procedure. When |
Sinclair QL |
| PC Power Supply for Your QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| PC-IMPORT |
File transfer and BASIC language dialect translator. |
Sinclair QL |
| PCB1 |
The first of the two printed circuit board designers by Talent has arrived, and it was worth the wait. PCB1 is billed as a single sided circuit board designer with camera ready output and an auto-routing function. The program does not require any extra memory and works with most printers and interfaces. We used both |
Sinclair QL |
| PDQ: Public Domain QL Software |
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Sinclair QL |
| Peeks |
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Sinclair QL |
| Perfection Plus S/E (version 5.09) |
If you are still using Quill, you probably have a huge wish list for improvements. What would you do if you could get all these wishes fulfilled (and more)? The authors of Perfection have obviously listened to the many complaints people have with the original Quill word processor. These complaints have all been addressed. Perfection |
Sinclair QL |
| PERL |
Perl is a language that I started playing with back around 1989. When I started using Perl for a project, a few people wondered if this was a good idea, given that Perl was a relatively obcure language and they worried about people knowing Perl after I left. Well, Perl has now become THE language |
Sinclair QL |
| Perlpull prose, (required reading) |
“a perl of great precise(sic)” , but limited accuracy. “Optimized for text” they say of perl, that wonderful Swiss-army chainsaw programming language. But I’ve had great fun with numbers, discovering the mathematical abilities of perl for the QL, version 4.036 as ported over by Jonathan Hudson. We get answers to math problems in double precision, |
Sinclair QL |
| Permuations |
[Below is an interesting permutation program sent to me by Herb Schaaf. He did not include any article or explanation, so I’ll just present the program as is – ED] 100 REMark Permutation110 REMark H L Schaaf120 REMark February 28, 1994130 REMark cleaned up from 'permutations' of January 27, 1994140 REMark to show permutations of |
Sinclair QL |
| Personal Database |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Pertinent Points on QL Disk Drives |
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Sinclair QL |
| PFData & the DATAdesign APL |
DATAdesign was the first program I bought when I made the transition to Pointer Environment programs and I have been a PROGS fan ever since. Archive, for me at least, was a seriously annoying program to deal with but I think that is because I tend to use databases in a different way to a |
Sinclair QL |
| PFList |
PFlist is, to put it simply, a file listing program. But before you get too unexcited, check out just what it can really do. The program is of course able to produce program listings with the traditional footer including page number and your choice of text. |
Sinclair QL |
| PGM and PBM to QL |
Editor’s Note – There is a Freeware Unix package called PBMPLUS that converts to/from a number of graphics formats. It does this by using three intermediate formats, PBM, PGM, and PPM. Herb Schaaf has written a C program that will convert a PGM and PBM file to the QL. Since the conversion is going from |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Philosophy Of Structured SuperBasic |
Philosophy is defined as a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs. The Philosophy of Structured SuperBasic (SSB) is the principles behind the creation of SSB. This philosophy guides the development of SSB. Knowing the philosophy behind the design and implementation of SSB helps to understand the what’s and why’s of SSB. SSB Must |
Sinclair QL |
| Piano |
Allows you to use the keyboard of your QL as if it were a piano. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity |
Short program to support switching between screen areas in RAM. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity |
Several notes about QL programs, programming. |
Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity |
Adding a 6821 peripheral interface adaptor to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity |
Implementing a terminal program and adding a modem to the QL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity |
Sieve of Erastosthenes. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing with Electricity |
Fractal program in machine language. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity |
Machine language tutorial. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity |
Tutorial about SuperBASIC ROM. |
Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity |
QL speed benchmarking. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing with Electricity |
Request for help using modems with the QL’s moderately unorthodox RS-232 port. |
Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity (cont) |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: 64K EPROM Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: 68000 Interrupts |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: Channels and Jobs |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: CRC Math |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: Displays |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: Jobs |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: Memory and Mass Storage |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: Memory Map |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: Multiplication |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Playing With Electricity: Printer Interface Circuit |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: QL Digitizer |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: QL RS-232? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: Video Digitizer |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: What the hell is a modaptor anyway? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Electricity: What the hell is a modaptor anyway? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Playing With Sound |
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Sinclair QL |
| plus4 Review |
Review of plus4, a sequel to text87. |
Sinclair QL |
| plus4 Review |
Plus4 is not a Desktop Publisher but probably the nearest you will get in a Word Processor. It is a most remarkable program. It is fast, easy to use and very complete. |
Sinclair QL |
| Plus4 version 3 = OK |
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Sinclair QL |
| plus4 version 3=OK |
I have been using plus4 for some time now from version 1 through version 2. Then [ learned there was a version 3 available. On reading the blurb that came with it. my first reaction was “who needs this”. |
Sinclair QL |
| Pokes |
From the Milwaukee SMUG Bytes, which copied it from the Chicago NITE-TIMES NEWS came the following tid-bits on useful POKE. |
Sinclair QL |
| Power Glitches |
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Sinclair QL |
| Power Supplies? Don't Trust What You've Got |
My system had consisted of a daily QL with MINERVA (1.92) ROM; a backup QL with MGUS ROM/Tom Bent modified; two original QL power supplies, one for daily use and one for backup; GOLD CARD; two 3 1/2″ double ED drives and two 5 1/4″ QDDS drives. |
Sinclair QL |
| Prairie Digital |
Some years ago a firm called Prairie Digital marketed a A/D I/O board for the QL. Such a board lets the computer control electrically operated devices and/or read data about the position of electrically operated devices. |
Sinclair QL |
| Preliminary Review: QDesign |
QDesign is a drawing package far superior to any we have seen for the QL. The program, written by Jorg Schiemann is distributed by Jochen Merz Software (see Product Sources). QDesign is provided on disk, requires 512K memory, Toolkit II and a JS or later Rom. One of the most significant differences between QDesign and |
Sinclair QL |
| Premier Rencontre Avec Le QL (First Meeting With The QL) |
Short overview of the Sinclair QL and its features. |
Sinclair QL |
| Press F1 for Help |
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Sinclair QL |
| PreVIEW |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Price Up on QLs |
A Plus Computer Response, the U.S. distributor of the QL, is now out of machines. Mark Steuber of Sharps purchased the remaining units and promptly raised even his price to $149. A Pius was selling the QL for $59.95. A lot of people are grumbling over this increase. We hear through the grapevine that A |
Sinclair QL |
| Prime Number |
[This article was sent in by Mike Fink, owner of Domino Cubes, a Z88 Dealer. Once Mike told me about his work, I thought this would be a good article. Plus, Mike has had problems getting Academia to look at his work. I plan to additionally post this article to one of the math newsgroups. |
Sinclair QL |
| Primus? |
With the intention to develop a reliable and powerful QL compatible computer which could be used continuously in an industrial environment a modular computer system has been developed. |
Sinclair QL |
| Print Your Program in Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| PRINT_MAC |
PRINT_MAC is my first C program, while not very sophisticated, it prints MACINTOSH screen files (sometimes called ReadMac files – I think ReadMac is a Macintosh program) to an HP DESKJET printer. The program has minimal error checking, and has been compiled using C68 version 3.05. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printer Interface |
Short description of Miracle Systems Centronics Printer Interface. |
Sinclair QL |
| Printer Set-Up |
Program for printing basic files. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printer Wringer Outer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printer: QL or IBM |
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Sinclair QL |
| Printers and Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| Printing Databases |
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Sinclair QL |
| Printing on QL with SG10 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Printing QL Diskette Labels |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printing QL Fonts |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Printmaster - A Review |
Every so often, a program comes along that is so useful you wonder how you ever managed without it. Printermaster is one of those rare programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| PRO/FILE on the QL |
With a Gold Card and PC Conqueror, one can run PC Findex on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Product/Dealer News |
Larry Kenny of LARKEN ELECTRONICS told TDM about the plans for the 256K RAMdisk for the TS2068. It will use static-type RAMs complete with battery back-up. WEYMIL CORPORATION has released the DELTA DEVICE, a non-volatile memory system for the TS1000. A small circuit board contains 32K RAM divided into four 8K blocks which can be |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Professional Publisher |
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Sinclair QL |
| Professional Publisher |
Desktop publishing covers a lot of ground. Everything from small display ads, one page fliers, and multi-page newsletters can be produced using specialized programs which mold text and graphics. Two other dtp programs have been developed for the QL, Front Page and Page Designer, but the most extensive and feature laden, as well as the |
Sinclair QL |
| Profile Up Date |
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Sinclair QL |
| PROforma (Vector Graphics/Fonts on a Plate) |
PROforma itself is a Font and Raster Manager program from PROGS. What you get when you buy PROforma in this package is the actual PROforma program and access to PROforma through a library of functions. If the programmer is writing their code in either ‘C’ or assembly (not interpreted SuperBASIC), they can use the PROforma |
Sinclair QL |
| Program Internationalization |
About 10 years ago I attended some vendor training on how to program and extend their particular office automation suite. One of the things that I took away from the training was how they designed their system to adapt to many languages. Recently the method came to mind. As I was thinking about the possibilities |
Sinclair QL |
| Program Lister |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Program Proposal - Descriptor |
In looking through listings of new uploads to the MS-DOS/Windows site CICA, I came up with an idea for a program for the QL. Not having the full expertise or time to work on it, I thought I would present the idea here. Hopefully someone will run with it. Descriptor is a program that allows |
Sinclair QL |
| Programmer's Bookshelf |
Over the years I have picked up a number of computer books. Some I have purchased for classes, others I have bought out of my own interest. I have also scoured various libraries to see what sort of selection of computer books they have. Through all of this I have come across books that I |
Sinclair QL |
| Programmer's Bookshelf Revisited |
David Nash (dnash@chaos.demon.co.uk) responds to a past article on books that most programmer’s should have. – ED I fully agree with your bookshelf – I have recommended almost all the books in your general and language lists (I have read ‘Elements’ but have not seen it in a bookshop. I don’t have the Knuth books |
Sinclair QL |
| Programmers Please Take Note |
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Sinclair QL |
| Programming Idea |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Programming in SuperBASIC for the T/S 2068 Programmer |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Programming With QMENU |
QMENU is a Pointer Environment (PE) programming tool put out by Jochem Merz. QMENU is a number of SuperBasic extensions that provide PE compatibility. The extensions are fairly simple to understand and to program with. It really does not take too much time to get programming in the PE. As easy as QMENU is to |
Sinclair QL |
| Programming, Pascal and Other Comments |
Participation in the Pascal workshops have been good from time-to-time, but we have not been able to get the whole group past all the simple exercises that I made up to introduce the subject. I will continue to lead this effort for those interested, but I expect that we will have to change our modus |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| PROGS of Belgium |
Hello everyone, we are Joachim and Nathan Van der Auwera from Professional and Graphical Software (PROGS). To be exact, we are not yet professional, because we are both still studying a 4-year computer science course in Belgium, our homeland. Nathan is in his last year, Joachim in his third. However we are doing our best |
Sinclair QL |
| Prolog Interpreter |
While looking through the IFE database I found reference to a Proglog Interpreter. Once I got the disk, I found QL Prolog version 1.00 (20 March 1990) by Hans Lub. Before I could review the package, I had to learn a little Proglog. I found a Prolog book at my local used computer bookstore and |
Sinclair QL |
| PROLOG Interpreter: A Second Look |
Back in QHJ #13 I have a cursory review of the Prolog interpreter written by Hans Lub. I said that when I found the book that the interpreter was based upon, I could look into it further. Well, I found the book; The Art of Prolog by Sterling and Shapiro. Even though Hans described the |
Sinclair QL |
| Prolog Prologue |
This issue of IQLR sees the launch of GT-Prolog, a new implementation of the Prolog language widely used within industry and academia for the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications and for symbolic programming generally. Although GT-Prolog isn’t the first Prolog system for the QL (that honour goes to Hans Lub’s QL Prolog, available from |
Sinclair QL |
| ProWesS: QL Windowing Meets the Future |
The good people at PROGs Professional and Graphical Software are at it again. We all know them from programs such as Line Design and PFList. They developed the Proforma graphics engine which brought modem vectored graphics to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Chess - Version 2.02Q |
I have just rediscovered an old friend of mine, Psion Chess, thanks to Gunther Strube. Gunther has kindly made a new version of Psion Chess available to owners of the program. I just received my copy and am very pleased with it. Improvements include: no copy protection, no need for microdrives (this is great for |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips |
A limitation to Paion programs 1s that file nanes may not exceed 8 characters. Right? Wrong! We know that Quill adds the extension ” doc” to any file name saved from it. This is useful in recognizing a file type by its extension. However, you may give any three character extension Including numerals and symbols |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips |
In the three years since getting a QL, I continue to be surprised at little secrets it reveals. |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Productivity Tips |
Ways to improve your use of the Psion programs that come with the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Tips or, Stripping to the Bare Minimum |
A “pure” ASCII text File, one without printer codes, is much more easily transferred between different types of word processors, Editors or computers. |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Xchange |
The four PSION programs are tied together in the XCHANGE with the ability to share information between the programs without going to all the hassle of changing mdvs or disks or importing and exporting. |
Sinclair QL |
| Psion Xchange 3.90 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Public Domain |
The last year has seen a significant decrease in new programs for the QL. Tony Tebby has moved to France following the sale of QJump to Care Electronics. Digital Precision has not released a new program since PC Conqueror, PDQL is not meeting their shipping dates and in spite of the ads, | believe that |
Sinclair QL |
| Public Domain Libraries |
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Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Public Domain Software and the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Public Domain Software Library |
We have recently acquired the public domain “C-68 COMPILER” from Dave Walker of the UK. It comes on seven disks which include not only the executable compiler, linker, library and tutorial, but also the the source code and extensive documentation. The tutorial is excellent , requires no prior knowledge of “C” and covers C programming |
Sinclair QL |
| Pursuit of a Public Domain C Compiler |
Mark Wahl, at student at UC Berkeley, has been looking into a public domain C compiler that can be ported to the QL. As some of you may already know, the only public domain C compiler for the QL is the Small C compiler available from the Quanta Library. Small C only supports a subset |
Sinclair QL |
| Put Your Windows on the Line! |
A number of one line program or procedures have been showing up in QL publications lately. I think THE QL REPORT should have one too. The one in the listing that follows sets up the default windous of the QL. First it checks for whether F1 or F2 was pressed, then it sets up windous |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Putting the SUPER into BASIC |
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Sinclair QL |
| Q_Liberator A Review |
Q-Liberator, in my view, is one of the three most important QL programs in the current scene, with Turbo and C68 making up the other two. Much of the commercial QL software available is written in SuperBASIC, and compiled with one of the two major SuperBASIC compilers. While probably the bulk of non-Pointer Environment (PE) |
Sinclair QL |
| Q_LINK |
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Sinclair QL |
| Q_LINK Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| Q_LINK Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| Q-emuLator |
Q-emuLator is a new software emulator for the QL that runs on Macintosh computers. It includes no hardware parts and it is not a QDOS compatible operating system like SMSQ. |
Sinclair QL |
| Q(L) Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| Q&A: Nigel Searle |
Nigel Searle, managing director of Sinclair Research, came to Boston in May from the company’s home in Cambridge, England, to show the QL Computer to the Boston Computer Society. The QL represents a dramatic leap forward from the old Timex/Sinclair series – which pundits called the “first disposable computers” – and from the Spectrum, Sinclair’s |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Qandex Released |
Hugh Howie has recently completed a labor of love in putting a summary of each and every article of any consequence ever published in QUANTA on an Archive database. An article is summarized in about 60 characters. Both the article and the summary appear under an index category, and the same article may appear under |
Sinclair QL |
| QBIDE Hard Disk Interface |
A QL compatible IDE hard disk interface is now a reality. Through the cooperation of Zeljko Nastasic of Croatia (designed and built the circuit board) and Ron Dunnett of Great Britain who will market the interface. |
Sinclair QL |
| QBox-USA BBS |
QBox-USA is a computer bulletin board system (BBS) set up by QL enthusiasts in the US for all QL enthusiasts in North America (although we welcome callers from anywhere). We maintain a link (Fidonet) with European BBS’s that carry QL related message areas. With QBox-USA North American QL users can keep in touch with our |
Sinclair QL |
| QBox-USA BBS |
Description of a BBS run on a Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QD and QBASIC Review |
QD is an unusual editor for the QL for two reasons; firstly because it uses the Pointer Environment, and secondly because it is mainly aimed at programmers rather than those writing text. The Pointer Environment is now becoming more popular, and QD is one of many programs being actively developed in the QL marketplace. Much |
Sinclair QL |
| QD The Editor V5.00 |
QD – What is it? In simple terms it is a pointer driven ASCII text file editor. It does not profess to be, nor has it ever claimed to be, a word processor in any way shape or form. So what is there about the program that makes it different from all the other text |
Sinclair QL |
| QD Version 8.03 |
The text editing program, QD, has been undergoing constant revision by Jochen Merz over the last few years and has now arrived at version 8.03. Whilst this is certainly not the final version of the program we feel that the time has come to say a few words about how users can get the full |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS and Floating Point Numbers |
When working with assembly code and C code, it is important to understand how the QL interprets floating point numbers. This is essential when working with graphics or arithmetic routines. |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS Filters |
Filter programs are common in the UNIX world, but they are found to a varying extent on other platforms (such as QDOS) as well. In QDOS filters were introduced in 1984 with the QL-Toolkit (which later turned into Toolkit II). A filter program is typically a program that reads a stream of characters and makes |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS in a Laboratory |
the beginning there was a little Casio calculator. Being a laboratory for food and water analysis, we needed many calculations. We did what everybody else did, used a calculator. Much of what was put into the calculator was the same every time. Our chemist, Ole Haukeland, bought a programmable Texas calculator to put formulas into. |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS Rights |
A new item I learned this month is that the QDOS rights to North America is held by Mechanical Affinity. I wrote Frank Davis trying to learn more about this. I specifically asked him if the rights to QDOS include creating a new QL. He responded by saying that he was not too sure. The |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS ROM Code |
Details about QDOS. |
Sinclair QL |
| QDOS vs Other Operating Systems |
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Sinclair QL |
| QDOS, QL - The Future |
First of all, this article describes my personal impressions – I’m not a fortune teller! Some people ask about the future, and it’s an important question. When I say QL. I mean everything which simulates the operating system of the QL (you all know by now that my main machines are ATARIs running QDOS or |
Sinclair QL |
| QED - A Public Domain Text Editor |
About two years ago, NESQLUG obtained a copy of the IFE Library of public domain software. The Index to the 7,523 Files (47MB of programs) of the IFE Library contained 309K+ of text in a single File. On the Index disk was.a “runtime” version of the PD editor, “QED”, which was intended to be used |
Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Announces New Freeware |
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Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Freeware |
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Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Freeware Awards |
Over the last couple of weeks I have seen a number of award shows, like the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Grammy Awards, Peoples Choice Awards and the Comedy Awards. This started me thinking about awards and lack of them in the QL community. Now magazines, newspapers, and other print media have their own version of |
Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Freeware Awards |
Last Issue I introduced the QHJ Freeware Awards and asked for votes on programs for each category. My original idea was to decide the awards myself, but I felt it would be a good idea to get your input. Well, after getting only one response, I did have to decide the awards myself. At least |
Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Off the Net |
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Sinclair QL |
| QHJ Print Formatter |
The last four issues of the QHJ have beed done using Quill. Quill is a decent word processor but it has problems with large files. It is sooo slow when dealing with documents over 15 pages long. I have decided to move onto another text editor. I have ED, The Editor, and MicroEmacs. Ed is |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QHJ Reader Survey |
In the time that I’ve been doing the QHJ I have received responses like “good job”, “nice work”, but very little actual comments (good or bad) on the overall content of the QHJ. In thinking of what to put into this issue, the idea of a reader survey popped in to my head. I am |
Sinclair QL |
| QIndex |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL |
Connecting surplus RGB monitor to QL |
Sinclair QL |
| QL |
RGB monitor from Active Surplus for QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL - HDD Card |
After purchasing the Gold Card, the next hardware upgrade I wanted was a hard disk. I bought the QL-HDD-Card at the ’Miracle in Newport’. The package I purchased included the HDD-Card, an Omti MFM 8 bit controller and a 90 degree adapter that folds the two cards up next to each other. I can’t praise |
Sinclair QL |
| QL - PC Fileserver |
In the past, a number of articles have been written describing how to transfer files from a QL to a PC. These usually involved using terminal programs on both ends or writing some basic program to manage a file transfer. These methods are cumbersome at best. I will admit that I’ve always wished there was |
Sinclair QL |
| QL - Printers and Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL 'n Packet |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL 'n Packet |
Alex in July, “Friends of Qzx”, told the readers I was trying to put my QL on Packet. I am proud to say that I have done it and since there seems to be so little written about it I’ll tell what I know and hope the ball will start to roll and more knowledgeable |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL 'n Packet |
Here again, back in Florıda after a month of travel to California, Arizona and Mexico. Being exposed to the PC world in San Diego, made think about solving some problems with QLTerm, especially reading and printing files from QLterm. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL "Quicky" Dir |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL (Quantum Leap) Computers Put Together, Dissected at CATS Meeting |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL <-> MSDOS <-> QXL |
In previous articles, I have discussed file transfer techniques between the QL Psion suite and the *de facto” MSDOS standard Lotus and Dbase programs. In this article, I will discuss the implantation of a QL brain into an MSDOS computer via Miracle Systems QXL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL + MSDOS |
The ability to access the many MSDOS programs is enticing. A look thru catalogs of 3 West Coast dealers in MSDOS Shareware programs certainly proves the point of the availability of a vast range of programs at very reasonable prices. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL 2000 |
Before I explain my ideas on a possible successor to the QL, | will attempt to clarify a few points. | am NOT an expert. I definitely lack the skills, and I probably don’t have the talent, to devise any kind of QL replacement. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL 2000 Tower Case QL |
All you need in one box, expandable yet affordable, with plenty of space for tinkering and upgrading. With the QL-2000 we are presenting a completely new concept for expansion of your QL system to a compact, professional reliable unit. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Abacus <-> MSDOS Lotus |
Welcome to part 3 of the QL <–> MSDOS applications data transfer series. In this section, we will examine the transfer of data from QL Abacus/XCHANGE to MSDOS Lotus. This transfer is of spreadsheet data (both entered and calculted) only. Cell formulas are not transfered, but the result calculated by the formula is. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Abacus/Spreadsheet "Tips", Part I |
Suggestiosn for using the program better. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Abacus/Spreadsheet Tips, Part II |
One good indicator that QL Abacus (QL SPREADSHEET in the States) is a quality program is the fact that, despite the proliferation of other software for the QL, there is no other QL spreadsheet. It is a first-class professional computer program. The following is intended to go beyond the QL Abacus documentation in the Sinclair |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Acey-Digety Game |
Game in SuperBasic. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Acey-Ducey Game |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Advancement Working Group |
A new International QL Group is forming headquartered in the U.K.,the name of this group is QLAW. It is the brainchild of Dr. Sohail S. Bhatti. DR. Bhatti is a well respected member of the QL community, and a frequent contributor to QUANTA and its famous LIBRARY. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL ANON-FTP SERVER |
I have recently found a QL FTP site that allows the storage of binary files. The site name is: maya.dei.unipd.it I am guessing that it is being run by one of the Zannetti brothers in Italy. The key advantage of this FTP site is the fast distribution of QL software. As an example, version 4 |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Antenna Program |
Calculates antenna size for specific frequencies. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Archive Revisited |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Archive-Bluprint |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Backup Utility |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Backups |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Banner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Banner |
Reprinted from Timelinez, March 1987. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Banner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Banner |
This is a little neatsy-keen program that I originaly wrote years ago, on the ZX81. The user types up to 10 strings of up to 80 characters each. The strings are then slowly “marched” across the screen, very much like the signs on Bart. The letters start on the right and scroll off to the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Banner |
Continued from last issue. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Banners |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Battery Backed Clock |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL BBS Message Reader |
The first release of the QL BBS Message Reader is now currently available as Freeware. This program allows for easy reading of bulletin board service (BBS) messages off-line. The Message Reader is a standalone program and can accept ASCII message files captured from most terminal programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Beginners Section |
Copied from Quanta News v2i10 Nov 85. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Boot Program |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Bridge Player II Revisited |
This interesting, informative and entertaining game by HI-TECH SOFTWARE is recommended by this reviewer to those who play bridge or are learning bridge and want to sharpen their skills against a untiring and relentless opponent, (THE COMPUTER). |
Sinclair QL |
| QL C |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL C: The Two Versions |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Cartridge Backup Program |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Cartridge Print-out |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Characteristics |
About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member of the Orphan Computer family. Comments received about the QL range from pure disgust to enthusiastic praise. But there is one common denominator amongst the QL owners and that is a desire to learn how |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Circuit Diagram |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Clip Art Collection V2.12 |
This QL Clip Art collection contains over 10,000 images converted and ported from the Public Domain and from commercial sources. You can use the images without any restrictions. All the images (screens) were converted using Carlos Delhaz (thanks Carlos) powerful “unGIF v0.73” and my own routines. Whenever possible pictures were converted in their original sizes |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Color Chart |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Color Chart |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Color Composite Monitor Jack |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Computer "Kit" Notes |
In the paragraphs to follow we thought we will share our experience of the QL Kit with LIST readers. To begin, the use of the word ”kit” is misleading, because all you need is a Philips screw driver and may be a long nose plier to finish the assembly. In our case the assembly job |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Computer Kit Illustrated Parts List |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Cooling Problems, Part 1 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
Review of computer fair in Boston. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
Di-Ren keyboard interface; Super Hermes; keyboard connections. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
Patch to fix date problem; repairing the power connector; repairing the keyboard. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
American vendors selling QL and software. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
Author discovers depth of support, touches on number and variety of products. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
Review of QL-related news over the year. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
This months article has been inspired by Harvey Rait, President of the LIST Group. Harvey’s QL power supply failed and he asked me if I could repair the power supply for him. The only problem that I had was opening up the supply case. I was able to remove two out of the four, cross-slotted |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
This summer I spent much of my time learning to use the many new features of XCHANGE and XCHANGE Quill. Some of us had expected an XCHANGE manual to surface somewhere so that we could use XCHANGE more efficiently. This never happened. I decided to look closely at the five HELP files (those ending with |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
I would like to discuss an additional operation for printing documentation from within Quill. I have recently received requests from some of our corresponding LIST members; “How print large documents, say 10 pages or more, back-to-back”. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
It seems that I had left out two important voltage readings pertaining to the QL Power Supply article last month. Both voltages supply AC voltage to a +12VDC and -12VDC Voltage regulators, which are used for the Serial ports and Microdrives. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
This month I’d like to ramble on about printers. As you may recall, last month I had written about the QL Digitizer. Since had then I have a lot of use with my old Epson MX-80 printer, which I had purchased at a LIST swap fest. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
I would like to present some oL tips that I find useful when programming or probing about a QL for repair. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner Extra: Super Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: AT Keyboard Interfaces |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Books |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Checkbook |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Computer Fair, Serial Chip Replacement |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Connector Oxidation |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Convention, SCSI |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: DJToolkit |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: EPROMs, Ultra Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Expansion Options |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Graphic Characters |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Guess the number game |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: Guide to Trouble Shooting |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: INT Demo |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: INT Demo |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: IQLR 2nd Anniversary |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: IQLR Disks, IBM Emulator |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: IQLR, 256 Colors |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Magazines, Super Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold Card Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Misc Repair Techniques |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: North American QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: North American QL Show Report |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Perfection Plus |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Places to Find Deals |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: Power Supply Repair |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Power Supply Repair |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Printing |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Printing from Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Programming EPROMs |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Publications |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QL Power Supply |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QL Products |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QUANTA Librarians |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QUANTA Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QUANTA Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: QUANTA Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Quanta Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Read, Data & Restore |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Rehousing a QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Repair Tips |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Short Programs |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: SMSQ/E |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: SMSQ/E |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Super Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Suppliers, New Expansions |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Corner: Taskmaster Date Patch |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: The Editor SE |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Ultra Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: UNGIF Viewer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Video Digitizer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: XCHANGE |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: Xchange |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Corner: XTRICATOR |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Crashes - An Easy Fix |
Fix to the QL power supply with an SCR. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Crater |
Short program to demonstrate graphics ability by plotting 3D function. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Cures |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Data Acquisition System |
I wish this was a review. Unfortunately it isn’t because this interface is no longer in production. What if we could convince the manufacturer to put it back into production? Thats what I thought when I ran across some articles on this board. This card was only advertised for a short time in QZX (a |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Date Gate: Making Modifications to DBEASY |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing |
Brief overview of Page Designer. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Desktop Publishing |
Notes on DTP using the QL applications. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Draw Routine |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Drive Formatter |
Short program to format QL tapes. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Dump |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Easel/Business Graphics "Tips" |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Emulator for the Amiga |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Emulator for the Amiga and Some Miscellaneous Ramblings |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Etcher |
Etch-a-Sketch for the QL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Failure Modes |
The following info. concerning possible failure modes of QL computers was gathered after talking with experienced users and QL dealers. The QL uses some custom CMOS chips which are static sensitive, and can be destroyed easily. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL FAQ and Resource Pointer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL FAQ and resources pointer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL FAQ and Resources pointer, news on news |
Where to find QL resources, circa May 1996. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Fixes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Flight Simulator |
Review of the QL game from Microdeal. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Fonts - Part Two, Printing |
Many programs are available to design new Fonts for the QL. They look swell on the screen, but printing them on a printer is a different matter. This article attempts to explain how to take a single character from a Font that has been designed for display on the QL screen and print it out |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Fonts - What's a Font? |
Last Spring, Ed Kingsley and I talked about publishing an article entitled, “Printing QL Fonts”. We discussed it for some time and we’ve had a hard `time converging on the best way to explain the concept. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL for Joy |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL for the Mac |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Gas Guide |
Program to determine whether you should spend extra money to purchase premium gasoline instead of regular |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Genealogist |
QL GENEALOGIST by Chris Boutal is a program that allows the user to prepare a family history. It is one of the best looking and operating programs that I have seen for the QL or any other computer. Although more than 100K bytes long, it loads in only a few seconds. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Genealogist |
QL_GENEALOGIST, 2nd Edition is an update to Chris Boutal’s very innovative and well received QL_GENEALOGIST Family Tree program. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Genealogist |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Gold Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Gold Card Uses 2.88 Meg Drives |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Graphics |
The graphics commands in Superbasic provide a very convenient tool for the screen designer because they automatically look after the X:Y scaling, but this can be a problem if you mix them with pixel based commands like BLOCK, or text positioned with the AT or CURSOR keywords. I had been looking into how one can |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Graphics Toolkit |
Short blurb about Landscape Creator. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal #14 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal #15 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hacker's Journal #26 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hardware Fixes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hardware Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Heat Problem Corrected |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Hint: Using QUILL |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL History |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Home Finance-Revisited |
In the early days of the QL, Sinclair released a number of third party software packages under the Sinclair banner. One of the best was a terrific financial software package entitled “QL-HOME FINANCE “, written by BUZZ SOFTWARE. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL in Europe |
WA6DLI, Bob, sent me some interesting information about QL hardware and software available in Europe. It seems that there is still enough interest to support an active QL industry. The information mentioned a trade show held in Holland just for the QL. The main items which he sent me described what appeared to me to |
Sinclair QL |
| QL in the Office: Archive |
Describes use of QL in engineering production. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Info |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Interfaces |
Over the years there has been many add-ons for the QL. Here are drawings of many of them so that you may identify them easily. If you have one that is not mentioned, then please write to me via the editor of IQLR to help complete the library. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Jots and Tittles |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Journey |
Once again I experienced that little ‘rush’ I get when I receive something from fellow QLers. I can’t wait to get through the rest of the mail so I can sit down and leisurely digest the QL info. This time NESQLUG NEWS Vol 1, No 2 even tossed out the challenge for one Steve Ostrander |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Journey: Odds 'n Ends in QDOS and SuperBasic |
At first glance, SuperBASIC appears to be not too different from some of the other BASICs I have been involved with. But, there is one very important difference. Here is a BASIC language that is structured. In my college BASIC course, I learned that BASIC was a computer language taught as an introduction to computer |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Keyboard 90 Interface |
Juergen Falkenberg of COMPUTER TECHNIK has launched, and is delivering his new KEYBOARD INTERFACE. We believe it to be the BEST ever designed for the QL. They offer two versions, the FIRST fits internally inside the QL. You remove the 8049 chip from its socket, fit the interface board to the empty socket, then replace |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Keyboard Connections |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Keyboard Matrix Chart |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Keyboard Membrane Repairs |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Languages |
With some recent ports of AWK and LISP to the QL, I wondered exactly how many languages are available for the QL. I then look thought some older QL World’s, an older copy of the QUANTA library, and the IFE library to see what I could find. Below is a list of the languages I |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Library Disks |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Library Report |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Mail File Hints |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Meanderings and One-Liners |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Media Managers |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Menu |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Menue |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL MIDI |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL NETWORKing |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Networking |
Claims abound for computer hardware and software. The original claims for SINCLAIR’S QL (aka ZX-83) promised the capability of a PEER/PEER NBTWORK because the QL had been designed for use in a “business” environment. The two ‘NET’ ports bear witness to this intent. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
On Monday, June 17th, the Wall Street Journal reported that controlling interest in Sinclair Research was purchased by Robert Maxwell, owner of Pergamon Press • Ltd. Mr. Maxwell injected about 12 million pounds sterling into the company. Sir Clive’s stake in the company will drop from 85% to 15% ; Mr. Maxwell will take over |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
So it is August and within the last month the 68000 market has really heated up! Commodore unveiled the highly touted (and highly priced) Amiga on July 23rd in Lincoln Center, but probably will not begin shipping until September. Atari shipped a couple of thousand 520 ST’s to distributers last week and promised to ship |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Finally the GL is shipping. These last few months have been chaotic to say the least. In the August Report we stated that Robert Maxwell had purchased a controlling interest in Sinclair Research. In early August Maxwell withdrew his offer which was to have been finalized in September. Although still suffering from acute cash flow |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Effective today, the price of the QL drops to $299.95 and is available from Curry Computer. Our first order is pending. All Sinclair brand QL software will only be available through dealers such as Curry Computer. We also will be stocking the Sinclair Flat Screen TV which will retail for $99.95 and can be used |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Well, Merry Christmas! We hope you all had a Happy 1985 and that 1986 will be an even better year for all of you. A lot has happened in this year- in February of 1985 when we started this Report, we had our British QL and were patiently waiting for the release of the QL |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Happy New Year to all of you. We want to start 1986 by thanking all of you for subscribing to our Report. Monthly you will be kept up to date on all the latest software and hardware for the QL. In addition, we will keep you informed on the latest news pertaining to Sinclair Research |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
We lead off this issue with the exciting news that finally you can use your QL for telecommunications. We have successfully connected a modem using a special piece of hardware. This adapter plugs into serial 2 and can be set for either 300 or 1200 baud. The other end has a standard DB-25 male connecter. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
We are seeing a very large increase in the number of QL sales which began last month. Word of mouth from satisfied owners is probably doing more to generate sales than a glossy ad in a nation-wide magazine, although that wouldn’t hurt. Sinclair Research launched the Spectrum 128k in England last month, as most of |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Well, Happy Tax Day. We hope you all have your returns going out on this date–at the latest. Let’s hope by this time next year there will be a good tax program available for the QL. The machine has finally been out long enough in this country so that “American” software is being introduced. War |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
We lead off this issue with a note of optimism. The following is a news squib we received from Mark Fendrick who got it from a news publication in the U.K. It is dated April 29th so it is reasonably current. Last Monday saw several ex-members of Sinclair Research starting work at Amstrad’s HQ at |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Well, here comes the summer. The QL has now been out one year in the U.S. We have gone from an unexpanded machine with four business programs and a few “Vic-20” type games to a 640k powerhouse with programs like QSPELL, GRAPHIQL, CONCEPT 3D, and WANDERER. Now available, as we stated last issue, is CONCEPT |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
There was a QL meeting of sorts held on June 23rd in England. Most of the third party companies sent representatives. John Tweedy of Talent told us not much seemed to be accomplished except a committment by all to continue to support the machine, come what may. Amstrad has not sold the rights to anyone |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Greetings from London! This issue we are “on the road” attending the PCW Show at the Olympia in London. We will be giving a full report on the show, on the status of the QL, and on new hardware and software, later in this issue. First, though, some news of interest. We have been experimenting |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Fall is here and with it comes a lot of new software £ and some hardware) for the QL. As we mentioned in the August issue, PC TALKER is now available for immediate shipment. This is probably the most interesting and exciting new piece of hardware to come along for the QL in quite awhile. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
We lead off this issue with the news that Pyramide has released two mew titles for the GL. The first is GRAPHIC TOOLKIT which we will review later. The second is MORTVILLE’S MANOR which had to be converted for U.S. machines. MM is the first graphic text adventure game for the GL and is excellent. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Happy Holidays to all of you out there. It’s hard te believe this issue marks the end of almost two full years of publishing the QLR. The January issue will mark the beginning of our third rear as the oldest QL periodical in the States. We thank all of you for subscribing and hope you |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Happy New Year! We hope 1987 is a good year for you. The year starts with QL “clones” being in the news. Both CST’s THOR and Sandy’s new FUTURA are causing a lot of interest in the UK. We think it is a good sign that companies are so very interested in further developing QL |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
This is the first issue of the QL Report printed with Front Page by Gap Software. We probably will do the front page of the QLR every month using this format but the rest of the Report will be in our old-style format. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
It looks like we will be going to the Computerfest in Indianapolis this year. The dates for the show are May 2nd and 3rd. We will be taking our whole point of sale system and doing invoices on it in the booth so stop on by and say hello. We are tentatively scheduled to give |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Happy Tax Day again. We hope you all have your taxes done for Uncle Sam. If not, you’d better buy TAXIUL and get to it: We have finally received THOR and it is now up and running. All we ordered was a barebones one, without QL circuit board or drives. As THOR comes now, the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL News |
Well, we’re back from the Computerfest! It was a long way to go but it was certainly worth it to meet a lot of you face to face. We hope next year to see even more of you. For those of you who were unable to attend, sit back and relax and we’ll tell you |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
We have a lot of new material to cover in this issue. TRUMP CARD by Miracle Systems is here and is excellent. We had a few “teething” problems with disk drives but everything now is working fine. On Mitsubishi drives, the drive light will stay on when using TRUMP. It is a minor inconvenience and |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Vell, here we are in another summer. This is traditionally the time when it slows doun for computer-related businesses. We remember past summers when the doldrums set in and there just wasn’t a lot to talk about. With the QL, however, there is a lot happening, both old and new. We are using SPELLBOUND now |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
This is our second Report using Digital Precision’s DESKTOP PUBLISHER (DP) only this time we are actually writing the Report from within DP with the help of SPELLBOUND. The two so far seem to work find together. As we have said before, we dislike the fact that DP will not word-wrap but that is the |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
As we head into autumn, we start this issue with some newsworthy items. Freddy Vacha of Digital Precision has informed us that “Eidersoft is kaput (the Atari ST did it, NOT the QL) and their QL business will either be taken over by Transform or ourselves.” All of Eidersoft’s QL products are still readily available, |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
We lead off this issue by apologising for jumping the gun about the battery clocks. We knew they were coming and would be here shortly after we went to press and “assumed” that they would work fine, coming from a reliable source. As it turned out, that batch would not work at all. Every time |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
This is the last issue of the QL Report. We started this publication in February 1985, offering it for free to get people interested in the QL. The QL had not even been released in the States yet but we were so impressed with the machine we wanted to “drum up” interest in the machine |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
May is here and hopefully the QL will be too sometime soon . We have seen a lot of new product come into our offices this past month. We have the Computamate Q-Disk interface connected to our machine and are running a double-sided single drive capable of storing 700k worth of data! Two such drives |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
The big news this month, as most of you by now should know, is that you can order the QL from American Express. That is the good news. The bad news is, of course, you have to have an American Express card. The cost is $ 499 plus $ 8 shipping plus the applicable sales |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Lot’s of QL news has come in from a variety of sources. I’ll do a quick summary of the various news items. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News |
Looking through the latest Spring/Summer 1989 Sharp’s catalog I see a couple interesting new products. There is a 3Ø Meg Hard Drive with interface available for $699.95. Just plug it in the Rom slot and its ready to go. QL Xchange $59.95 is the ultimate upgrade of the Psion software built into the QL. All |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News and Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL News and Rumours |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL News and Views |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL News from Around the World |
QL emulator for Mac. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL News: Chaos Buster |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Notes |
Reader recommends QUANTA; expansion products from Sharp’s. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Numbers Into Text |
This program converts a number (entered as numerals) into an equivalent word string. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL on I.C.E. |
When many people think about the current class of home computers, one of the things that comes to mind is icon control. The first home computer which made this popular was the Apple MacIntosh. When you ask for a directory of files on a disk, the files appear on the screen represented by small pictures |
Sinclair QL |
| QL on Packet |
One ham’s experience using the QL to communicate via packet radio. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
Instead of looking at QRAM and QKICK–more on them next month–let’s explore some hardware buys of which you may wish to take advantage. The first is 3 1/2″ disk drives. The lowest price I’ve seen is $129.95 each, from Advanced Computer Products, 1310 E, Edinger, Santa Ana, CA 92705, (800) 854-8230. They take plastic and |
Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
WRITETURN Last month | promised an in depth look at Writeturn, Sector Software’s answer to the problem of “the too big spreadsheet” and how you can print it. This is a problem on printers with 8 1/2″ carriages, if you want to label rows and include all 12 months plus a yearly total. f you |
Sinclair QL |
| QL on the QT |
Strong Computing the Welsh software/hardware vendor is selling an emulator for the Atari ST that will allow the user to run QL programs. It was reviewed favorably in the latest issue of QUANTA and the October issue of QL World. From the sound it. I would say that it is the best of both worlds. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL One-Chip Mod |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Pascal |
What is Pascal? It is the name of a French mathematician and philosopher (Blaise, P., 1623-1662}, but it is also the name of a high-level computer language. This lenguage was developed in 1968 for the main purpose of teaching computer programming. Since that time it has become quite popular as an all-purpose language for use |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Peintre |
Painting program for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Pente |
Besides computers, board gaming is one of my other hobbies. My interest goes the full gamut of board games, from hex-based war games to the abstract games, such as Othello or Kensington. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Perks & Quirks |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Pokes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Primer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Printouts |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Program: QL Crypt File Encoder |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Programming Tips |
I never saw it mentioned anywhere specifically, but I have found that in SuperBASIC you run into trouble if you have too many LOCAL variables. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Public Domain Software |
One thing lacking in IQLR at the moment is news about QL PD Software especially what is offered on the Communications Super Highway. As I have access to both Fidonet and Internet I thought that some examples would be in order. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Quill v microdrives |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips |
Power user tips from Mike de Sosa. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Quill/Word Processor Tips, Part II |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Quirks |
The article on page 17, UPDATE, Jan ’89, by Oscar Sensabaugh presents a problem which has a solution. I am referring to the statement that Oscar uses TWO QL “work copies” in order to implement two printing devices, a QL and a Smith-Corona printer AND he has to make his choice of printing devices BEFORE |
Sinclair QL |
| QL RAM Extension |
The accompanying circuit is an application of the TMS4500A as RAM extension for the 68008. This chip can drive a maximum of 128K dynamic RAM and provide all necessary signals. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL RAM Extension |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL RAMDisk |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Real-Time Clock |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Real-Time Clock |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Remedies |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Repair Sources/TS-2068 Repair Sources |
Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Report |
Notes about the QL, comparison of the QL to Amiga and Atari ST computers. Games and books about the QL discussed. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Report |
May is here and hopefully the QL will be too sometime soon. We have seen a lot of new products come into our offices this past month. We have the Computamate Q-Disk interface connected to our machine and are running a double-sided single drive capable of storing 700K worth of data! |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Resources & Accessories, Cheap! |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL RGB Monitor Connection |
This is an excerpt from “SQ” NOTES by R.A. Hilsmann from the July issue SMUG Bytes. The newsletter of the Sinclair Milwaukee Users Group. This same group is putting on the Sinclair Fest next June. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Rom Switching Board - Review |
The QL ROM Switching Board is a small circuit board, produced by members of the QLEA Quanta sub-group in England. This board allows you to install both a Minerva EPROM plus an original Sinclair ROM into the QL. Either of the two ROMS can be selected by means of a switch and a reset of |
Sinclair QL |
| QL ROM-Card |
In our endeavor to bring you interesting developments in the QL world, we’ve discovered an ideal expansion board for those of you with unexpanded machines, or non TRUMP CARD RAM expansion and disk drive interface. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Screen Dump for Gorilla Banana Printer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Section News |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Serial Cable Pinouts |
The following diagrams illustrate the pinouts for the two connectors required for assembling a serial to printer/modem cable. The parts are available at any Radio Shack (Tandy) store. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Serial Cable Printouts |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Shorts |
Sound Experimenter and Easel Print for the QL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL SIG |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL SIG Meeting |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Small-C Comparison |
I have been using the Small-c compiler on the QL for some time now. I have found the documentation severely lacking. Knowing that other users are probably having the same problem, I decided to document the solutions to some of the problems I ran across. I also looked into other versions of Small-C for other |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Software Review |
Review of program collection Nucleon by Pyramide for the QL. So far I’ve been mostly confused by the documentation, which seems to have been loosely translated from the French with emphasis on the feeling and mood more than literal and technical meaning. Something more is also lost in translation, because there are demonstrations listed in |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Solitaire |
Review of the game from Softshoe Software. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Sound Experimenter |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Sound Explorer |
Program to make sounds. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Spares & Repairs |
A growing number of our North American readers have written us concerning SPARE PARTS and/or QL REPAIRS. We find that this is a worldwide concern of many QLer’s. Therefore the reason for this article, |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Spin Doctor |
I’ve always had a fascination with disk drives. I I started working on computers 16 years ago when disk drives were actually large enough drives that you could repair them outside of a clean room. I spent many hours replacing and aligning heads, rewriting servo code and all the other jobs necessary to keep disk |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Spin Doctor |
This issue I’d like to discuss Sony ED drives. First though, a few updates to last issues firmware lists for disk interfaces. Update the Miracle Super Gold Card firmware to 2.49. Apparently there is a version 1.17 Cumana rom in existence. If anyone has access to one please let me know. Also add QUBIDE to |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Submissions Invited |
Request for articles for QL Review. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Success |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Super Basic |
In the last issue I gave you a brief overview of the hardware angle to Sinclair’s latest computer, the QL. This time, I’ll tell you about some of the features available in this computer’s built-in Super Basic language. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Support |
Have you heard the latest? A rumor has been circulating in Great Britain for a couple of months now, that Amstrad is rethinking their position on the QL. Amstrad executives have been keeping an eye on how the QL aftermarket support has been developing. Also, it has been common knowledge that Amstrad would like to |
Sinclair QL |
| QL support takes a quantum leap at last |
Reprint. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Support World Wide |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Survivor's Source Book |
The “QL SURVIVOR’S SOURCE BOOK” is a project of the SeaCoast QL User Group. It lists sources in the following four catagories: all the known QL HARDWARE SUPPLIERS, QL PUBLICATIONS (major), QL SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS, and QL USER GROUPS worldwide. Under each company/individual a number of their products are listed. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Survivor's Source Book |
We are happy to announce the release of the second edition of the “QL SURVIVOR’S SOURCE BOOK” (QLSSB). It’s been completely rewritten and expanded with the addition of three new categories. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Survivor's Source Book |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Sync Signals |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Tidbits |
The average IQLR reader and we assume it holds true for the general QL population has 2.4 QLs. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Tidbits and Tips Since the Last Issue |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Tip |
Using a 1200 baud modem without a Modapter. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Tip: 1200 Baud Modem |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Tips |
Setting all caps mode; preventing procedure crashes caused by name conflicts. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Tips |
Tips on printing from the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections |
Reprinted from LISTings newsletter. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections |
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor to a QL. The following information will allow anyone with Soldering experience to make an appropriate cable between the QL and an RGB monitor. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL to IBM Transfers |
How to transfer files over serial cable. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL to Monitor -- Come In! Buffering the QL |
Connecting a reconditioned monitor to the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL to Monitor... Come In! Buffering the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL to PC Clone Cable |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL to use CD ROMs |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL to Z88 Data Transfer |
As the new owner of a Cambridge Z88 laptop, I needed a way to transfer files to and from the QL. I did not have enough memory to use Z88COM and I wanted to use the built in Import/Export utility. Transferring files from the Z88 to the QL was easy. Enter COPY SER2 TO RAM1_FILE_EXT, |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL to Z88 Linkup |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| QL Today |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Today Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Try-It |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL TTL-BITS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL User Defined Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL User Group Forming |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Utilities |
Some utilities are used time and again in one’s computer operations. Each of us has our favorite utilities. This program presents a menu program which will allow easy selection from a group of these utility programs residing at the bottom of memory. It is a defined procedure which calls a number of other procedures. These |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Utilities |
Program listing. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Utilities: A Menu Driven Selection Program |
Some utilities are used time and again in one’s computer operations. Each of us has our favorite utilities. This program presents a menu program which will allow easy selection from a group of these utility programs residing at the bottom of memory. It is a defined procedure which calls a number of other procedures. These |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL VAL String Function |
A long time ago I saw a note by Mike de Sosa on the lack of the VAL string function on the QL. At the time Į didn’t have one, but with the recent price cuts I’ve added a QL to my “home for orphan computers”. Although I ordered one with software and QL User |
Sinclair QL |
| QL VAL String Function |
Short program to evaluate functions in strings. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL Video Output Circuit |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL vs. TS-2068 |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| QL Wayfarer |
Overview of QL software/hardware. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Wayfarer |
Notes from a QL user. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Wayfarer |
Update on QL scene; video recordings of seven seminars from the Seattle Mini Fair available from Rod Gowan. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL Woes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Woes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Woes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL Woes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL World - RIP |
We have heard that Arcwind, the publisher of “QL World”, the premier QL publication, is calling it a day. Number 5, 1994, was the final Issue. Negotiations are reportedly underway to find a buyer for their assets. Bob Dyl of IQLR, has been one of those contacted, but to date, no deals have been made. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL World Lives |
QL WORLD is publishing again. It was purchased by ARC WIND, LTD., an owner of specialty magazines previously best known for publishing a wind surfing magazine. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL World Sold Again |
It has just been reported to IQLR, that QL WORLD has been SOLD by the people who purchased it from the collapsed Maxwell Empire. The new publishers are reported to be a company named ARCWIND, and we believe that Helen Armstrong will remain as editor. The May 1992 issue will be late by a couple |
Sinclair QL |
| QL World Tidbits |
For those of you who would like more information on a comparison between the two desktop programs for the QL, the August issue of QL World also has an article on similarities and differences between the two. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL_DOC |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL_Genealogist |
Review of the program by Chris Boutal. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL-2000 Tower Case QL DIY-KIT |
This kit is from Computer Technik /Jiirgen Falkenberg in Germany and lets you move your QL into a modern mini-tower case. You gain many advantages from this move: disk drives in the same cabinet as the computer, room for expansion cards in the same case, stable power supply, one power switch for the system, smaller |
Sinclair QL |
| QL-Corner |
One user’s view of the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QL-Keyboard-90 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL-Keyboard-90 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL-Oriented Periodicals |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL/IBM PC |
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Sinclair QL |
| QL/MS-DOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLAMBer |
File management utility. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLAMBer Update |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLAMBer Update |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLAND_LORD |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLAND_LORD: A Review |
QLAND_LORD is designed to aid in the management of real estate. It provides complete detailed record keeping for all financial transactions, prints rent receipts, provides quarterly reporting and prepares the data required for IRS Schedule E tax reporting. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLATter |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLAW Update |
SUPER QL PROJECT: Up until now, we’ve been deliberately vague about future plans, so as not to raise expectations and then dash hopes. I now wish to share some thoughts aid perhaps generate some comments from you as well. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLAY 0.85 First Look & More |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLEA - Quanta Subgroup Of East Anglia |
Until three years ago, there had never been a QUANTA subgroup in the Eastern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. A couple of abortive attempts to start a group were made, but it was Geraint Jones who finally managed to get a nucleus of interested QL owners to meet monthly at Thetford, a small town on |
Sinclair QL |
| QLerk |
Review of the program by Bill Cable. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLerk |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLers in the Oak Ridge |
My small commuter prop plane was swooping low over a lush, green region. Everywhere I looked I saw small hills covered with a thick growth of trees and shrubs. Rivers flowed, their water dark and sluggish. Scattered throughout this rich landscape were houses tucked between trees, roads winding through the land, and the fast approaching |
Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLips |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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| QLIPS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS and the Origin There-Of |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLips: Does the QL Mult-Task? Not Quite. |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS: More on the Gold |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLIPS: Super Disk Indexer |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLPatch |
One of the problems I’ve encountered in publishing souce code in the QHJ, is the dilemma of publishing a newer version of a program (or bug fixes). I could publish the whole program but this would waste bandwidth if only a small portion of the code has been changed. Another way is to publish the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QLQ Demo |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLs On The Internet |
The Internet is a loose collection of worldwide computers and networks, connected by some sort of physical and logical link. One of the more well-known portions of the Internet is the Defense Data Network (DDN). Access to Internet is available through gateways provided by many commercial networks such as CompuServe, MCI Mail, Sprint Mail, and |
Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi |
Tool to make transition between QDOS and MSDOS easier. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi - Recent Changes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi -- Recent Changes |
OLuMSi/QL.using.M’cr~S~ft.inter face (yes, it’s pronounced “clumsy”) is a front-end program, an MS-DOS simulation, and a learning tool. QLuMSi is a TURBO-compiled program that can be EXEC(_W)’d on any QL which has TK2_EXTensions. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi 4.80 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi DOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi DOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi DOS v4.20 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuMSi DOS v4.30 |
QLuMSi DOS, which stands for QL.using.MicroSoft.interface Disk Operating Simulation, has, as the version number might suggest, recently undergone a long awaited upgrade. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer Upgrade |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer Upgrade |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer v4.305 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLuSTer v5.105 |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer_LITE |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer_LITE |
Iteration of QLUSTer program. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLUSTer/QL_Utilities |
Utility for file management. |
Sinclair QL |
| QLUTter_BAS |
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Sinclair QL |
| QLX Arrives |
The recent announcement of Miracle Systems QLX card for the IBM has caused a great flurry of interest both here and in Europe. |
Sinclair QL |
| QMATHS 1 |
“QMATHS'” first appeared in DP’s ads around December 1991 (not having the Sept & Oct 91 QL Worlds, I can’t be more precise) as the “QMATHS MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM”. In June 1992, like an amoeba, the system split into two parts. It is Part One that will be reviewed here. I have no information at this |
Sinclair QL |
| QMATHS 1 - A Review: Part 2 of 2 |
In Part 1 of this Review, I covered Qmaths and Qfract. In this final portion, 1 propose to discuss the Surface Modeller, High Precision Calculator, and Mathematical Compendium, the last being a sort of mish-mash of items that may not have fit neatly into a previous category. |
Sinclair QL |
| QMATHS 2 - A Review |
Recently two pieces of Public Domain Software have been sent to IQLR for the purpose of making them available to our readers. The first progam is titled “MERINO TIL” (sent to us by Salvadore Merino of Spain) which is intended as a Multimedia Database Language. |
Sinclair QL |
| QMOSAIC Chronicles |
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Sinclair QL |
| QMOSAIC Chronicles |
User experiences with a non-graphical web browser for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| QoLumn |
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Sinclair QL |
| Qool QL |
Some of you who have never encountered heating problems with your QL before, might discover that about August 15, or the hottest day of the year, that your QL will suddenly blank out. Actually, it is not quite so “suddenly”. There are usually small warning signals like a ripple on the screen or the colors |
Sinclair QL |
| QPAC II - Optimal Configuration |
In today’s world, QPAC II is the QL’s “de facto” version of Windows 3, and has been since QRAM, (QPAC’s predecessor) first appeared. QPAC II’s history has been a little like Windows 1 and 2, for PC’s and compatibles. First of all, a revolutionary program was released, and a few people started using it on |
Sinclair QL |
| QPAC2 (My) Boot |
There has been a lot said and written about QPAC 2. The designer of this program (Mr. Tony Tebby) made it flexible and adaptable to most all situations. In so doing, many have trouble getting started using this program. It is not one of those pieces of software that we buy, put it in the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QPAC2 for Starters |
If you are one of those people who have purchased QPAC2 but have never actually used it then this is for you QPAC2, Tony Tebby’s QL Pointer Accessories, is a marvellous piece of software giving the QL a powerful front end but there are 2 obstacles in the way of getting started with it and |
Sinclair QL |
| QPAC2 Version Numbers |
I keep getting asked about the differences in more recent versions of QPAC2, so here is a list of changes, abbreviated from extensive notes I received from Tony Tebby. |
Sinclair QL |
| QPC The Missing Link |
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Sinclair QL |
| QPC Update |
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Sinclair QL |
| QPC2 for Windows |
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Sinclair QL |
| QROFF Postscript Filter |
I know of a few QL users that have postscript printers at work and transfer QL documents to another word processor to format and print out on the postscript printer. For some this is time consuming. I have written a NROFF-like text to postscript text formater. It basically allows the user to input a text |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QSPELL - A Review |
Review of the spell-checking program for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QSPELL: A Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| QTOP and the 3.2 Meg Drive |
In the previous issue, I mentioned that I wanted to write an article explaining how I was using my 3.2 Meg drive as a mini hard drive. As luck would have it, I had just about completed setting up my first “Master Disk”, when COWO ELECTRONIC came out with an upgrade to QTOP (the front-end |
Sinclair QL |
| Quanta |
Most QL owners are now aware of QUANTA (QL Users And Tinkerers Association) which publishes a monthly newsletter of software and hardware reviews and worldwide doings with the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QUANTA Index |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quanta Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quanta Library |
Some time ago, I was approached by my young daughter who wanted to produce banners on the QL. Unfortunately there was no easy way to do this and her request went unanswered. All that has now changed with a piece of software entitled “BANTER” which was written by Nick Ward and is available from DILWYN |
Sinclair QL |
| Quanta Library Update |
We have recently received the latest additions to the Quanta Library. The first four disks are in a compressed form. It’s all very easy, just run the boot program on each disk and follow the menu. The 4 disks translate into 10 NEW Quanta disks plus upgrades or additions to three others. |
Sinclair QL |
| Quanta Program Reviews |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quanta, the Library, and Page Designer |
Review of programs and resources for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| QUANTA's Feb 1992 revisions of the Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| QUANTA's Jan 1991 revisions for the Library |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quantum Leap |
The Sinclair QL at the CES show. |
Sinclair QL |
| QUBIDE version 1.28 |
QUBIDE is an IDE hard disk interface for the QL. Before describing it in detail, I’d like to explain how this interface ever came into existence. Months ago, one of the discussion threads on QBox was some wishful thinking about using IDE drives on the QL. IDE was discussed for some time when Zelijko Nastasic |
Sinclair QL |
| Quelling Crazy Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| Query about Lighthouse program |
Reader has difficulty reproducing results with same printer. |
Sinclair QL |
| Query on Abacus |
When using ABACUS on the QL I can ORDER the rows spreadsheet by selecting a column on which to Order, but cannot order the columns by selecting a row. How can I get around this situation? Alternatively, 1s there any way to rotate the spreadsheet 90° so that the rows become columns and the columns |
Sinclair QL |
| Quick Mandelbrot III |
Quick Mandelbrot III is the latest upgrade to the program. Among the updates are an increase in maximum iterations to 511 (for Gold Card users), addition of Mode 4 operation, and some code changes in the interests of more speed. |
Sinclair QL |
| Quick Notes for Gold Card Users |
Some 1.44 Meg drives can be set by the jumper pins to NOT check for the additional hole that identifies the disk as a high density disk. I inadvertently set my drive that way, and find that it automatically formats regular (cheaper) 3 1/2″ 720K disks to 1.44 megs without any problems. |
Sinclair QL |
| Quill - Deskjet 500 |
This is a follow up on printing with the DESKJET 500 printer from the last issue of IQLR. This time we are dealing with printing of QUILL (QLWP) documents. This is accomplished by using INSTALL _BAS to create a PRINTER dat file for the DESKJET 500 printer. All of the features of this printer will |
Sinclair QL |
| Quill -- Save -- Same Document? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quill and Toolkit_2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quill Filesaver |
More than once, my QL has mangled a long Quill document through poor disk or microdrive I/O. Either I removed the cartridge before closing a file, or the QL tried to write part of the file to a non-existent track on the disk or the QL crashed. The result is the same – any attempt |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QUILL Filesaver |
This program reads a damaged QUILL file and converts it to a plain text file. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QUILL Print Driver |
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Sinclair QL |
| Quill Reader |
One of the major defects of QUILL is the lack of an “EXPORT” function. Only after release 2.35, PSION added the export command. But also in this case, if we want ascii text from a doc, we have to : 1) load QUILL2) load the document3) select the export option4) export the document5) quit QUILL6) |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Quill With An Ill Will |
Recently, I stumbled across an anomalous (actually, berserk might be more like it !) behavior of Quill during the attempted editing of a large (106060 bytes) imported file. Memory should have been no problem; I was operating with Super Gold Card 2.49, with the assistance of Minerva 1.97. |
Sinclair QL |
| Quilling on the QL |
User’s notes on Quill word procesor. |
Sinclair QL |
| QuizMaster II |
QUIZMASTER II is a recently upgraded program originally developed by Impact Entertainments in 1988. The program was upgraded in 1993 by Rich Mellor. It is similar to computerized quiz games found in pubs and clubs throughout the UK, but the questions are not at all limited to UK topics. The two modules, with a total |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL - Miracle's New PC Card |
Brief description of PC coprocessor card that offered QL compatibility. |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL ... at Full Throttle |
After a lot of deliberation, I finally succumbed to it’s allure and bought a QXL. Very strange for a QL user who does not own a PC. And a very strange QXL as well – one which originally came without a 68040 CPU. |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL Ghosts |
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Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
In the last issue of IQLR, I (Tom) gave some preliminary observations on the Miracle Systems QXL. AI Boehm sent several E-mail messages dealing with the QXL and finally suggested that what is needed is a continuing series of IQLR articles dealing with the QXL. Having had a little more time to evaluate the QXL, |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
The QXL uses the PC’s hard disk by formatting a segment of it for its own use. The segment can be 1 up to 66 Mbytes in size. The QXL manual warns not to go higher then 63 but I (Al) have successfully formatted 66 Mbytes on several computers without any trouble – so far. |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL in Command |
Early in November, the latest SMSQ version 2.31 arrived. It corrected the earlier glitches and both Al and Tom believe that the QXL is now fully functional. A word of thanks is due to all those at Miracle Systems and any who helped with the testing. And now in January 2.47 has arrived!! |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
A program can be started in the QXL and it will continue computing when control is passed back to the PC by pressing CTRL SCROLL LOCK. This feature is handy when using a long number cruncher type of program. Of course, the program will pause when it tries to print to the screen, access a |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
There is a new QXL logo printed on a small plastic square that can be pasted on your computer so that everyone will know that it is running the QXL and not the you know what. Bob Dyl, us, and others decided to use “QXL IN CHARGE” with some stylized lightning. Thus, the logo won’t |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL in Command |
(Tom) recently purchased an IOMEGA Zip Drive for US $200. It connects to the parallel port of the PC and, after loading appropriate software, functions as a 100 Megabyte removable medium hard drive. The disks ($15 each) are slightly larger than a standard 3.5 inch floppy and come preformatted in PC or Macintosh format. |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill and Perfection (I have not tried TEXT 87). However, my (Tom) experience is that I get so distracted by these features that it seriously detracts from my ability to effectively compose a message – the |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QXL Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QXL Notes - Sequel |
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Sinclair QL |
| QXL Notes '95 |
As of the beginning of July, the QKL’s operating system (SMSQ) is at v2.57. The enclosure noted that the SDATE function now returns the proper date if input by the user. In previous versions, I observed that some Strings were prematurely truncated; and, though this is not mentioned as being corrected, it has been. |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL Totes |
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Sinclair QL |
| QXL Update |
Al Boehm has heard that Tony Tebby’s new version of SuperBasic for the QXL, SBasic, is finally ready. Al has, however, not yet received a copy. Word is that the QXL will henceforth be available with either 4 or 8 Megs of RAM instead of the 1, 2, 5 or 8 Megs previously offered. |
Sinclair QL |
| QZ QL |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| RAM Extension For The QL (512K) |
Here is a circuit diagram which can be used as the basis for a 512K RAM expansion for the QL. There is no printed circuit board pattern but it can be wired up rather easily on a wirewrap board. |
Sinclair QL |
| Ramblings |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ramblings QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ramblings... |
intend to cover several subjects in this article starting with the EMC directive. The EMC directive has already generated a lot of discussion and there seems little point in me adding to the confusion that already exists. I have just one statement to make regarding the subject, and that is; Di-Ren products will continue to |
Sinclair QL |
| RAMDISK Correction |
An error occurred when I printed the RAM Disk article reproduced in the Nov/Dec 92 issue of IQLR. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RAMDISK for the QL |
RAMdisking capabilities can increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for files. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ran as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RAMDISK for the QL |
RAMdisking capabilities саn increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory for f1les. Thereafter you access the file the same way you access it on disk or on microcartridge. There are two differences: The device is called ram as in ‘ram1_fred’. The other difference is that |
Sinclair QL |
| RAMDISK for the QL |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Rand_c |
In translating one of my pet programs from SuperBasic (first it started in Pascal), I needed a number of random numbers. Not finding a random number generator in Small-C, I decided to write the program in Lattice C. But, Lattice C does not really have any QL graphic functions. So back I go to Small-C |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Random ASCII Stereograms |
In QHJ #9, Herb Schaaf wrote a program that created Random Dot Stereograms based on a Mathmatica program published in a Mathmatica magazine. A number of RDS’s have been posted to alt.3d in postscript form. Herb and I have ruined our eyes looking at these things. All of the posted RDS’s have a high dot |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Random Dot Stereograms |
Random Dot Stereograms (RDS) can give the illusion of depth if you have binocular vision. Instead of the usual pair of stereoscopic pictures, a single ‘picture’ is made with several swaths side by side, interleaved so as to provide the brain with depth clues when you gaze at the dots in a certain way. It |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Random Dot Stereograms |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ratcliff/Obershelp Pattern Matching |
In the July 1988 Issue of “Dr. Dobb’s Journal”, there is an article on Ratcliff/Obershelp pattern matching. This algorithm is designed to compare two strings and return a percentage of how close they are to each other. A result of 67 means that the two strings are 67% alike. This algorithm can be used to |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RDS (Random Dot Stereograms) |
Somewhere in this issue of IQLR there should be a page with lots of dots on it; dots that seem to be a random pattern, with a pair of small hollow boxes along one edge. If you change your focus while looking at a RDS and allow the image processing computer in your brain to |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| READ.MAC for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Reader Profiles |
Michael Simpson, Anthony Magnus, and March Renick. |
Sinclair QL |
| Readership Survey |
I received a total of 11 responses the the Readership Survey. Some of the surveys came with some long comments that were good to hear. What languages do you program in? C (8 votes), Basic (7 votes) and Assembly (6 votes) were the highest answers. There were a few votes for Pascal, XLISP, Prolog, Forth, |
Sinclair QL |
| Reading and Writing Other Disk Formats |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| 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. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Reading MSDOS Disks on the QL - Part II: Copying MSDOS Files |
Part I contained a brief description of the MSDOS disk organization. Table 1, below, expands on that description to include placement of clusters. The tabular form should allow visualization of interrelations among the disk parameters superior to any verbal description. For instance, the expressions in Procedure trsise should be fairly readily derivable from the Table. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Reading MSDOS Disks on the QL - Part III: The Boot Record and File Allocation Table |
Parts I and II implicitly assumed a 40-track disk being used on an 80-track drive. Examining the boot record will be primarily useful in determing whether this is, in fact, the case. All the MSDOS disks I have so far examined have been the 40_track (720 sector) type but others are possible. In fact, there |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Real Windows for SuperBasic |
The QUANTA library has a number of routines that will allow real non-destructive windows in SuperBasic. Since I started working with C, I wanted the same feature written to used with both C compilers. Before going straight into C, I decided to test my algorithm in SuperBasic. SuperBasic is far easier to do developmental testing |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Recent Commercial to Freeware Released |
Recently a number of commercial programming tools have been released as freeware. They are ProWesS, DJToolKit, MasterBasic, and the TurboToolkit. Of the four packages, ProWesS is the biggest and most surprising to be released as freeware. It is a major piece of work, fairly complicated, and gives a lot a capability to the user (and |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Freeware Releases |
A number of freeware programming packages have come my way. I have copies if anyone is interested. Most if these programs should be available on the Internet. If not, I will try to put them out there. BISON – Port by Dave Woodman BISON is another version of YACC (Yet Another Compiler Compiler). BISON is |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Freeware: APL |
Richard Zidlicky has ported a version of APL to the QL. APL stands for A Programming Language. APL is known for being about the worst write-only language. APL uses special symbols as it’s operators. This means that it usually requires a special keyboard, thereby making it a language not easy to port. APL is also |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Freeware: Clips |
CLIPS is an expert system developed by NASA in 1986. It has been ported to the QL by Emiliano Barbaini of Italy. CLIPS is an interpretive language like BASIC or Lisp. Like Lisp or Prolog, CLIPS is designed for use in artificial intelligence. CLIPS has three ways to represent knowledge: Rules, Generic Functions, and Object |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Freeware: INFORM |
INFORM is a language used to create text adventure games. It is based on the text adventures that the company INFOCOM used to produce. The adventures were composed of two data files and two programs. The adventure is first written in the INFORM language and compiled with INFORM. This creates a datafile that is then |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Freeware: REXX |
The REXX language was derived from a batch language on the IBM System/370 called EXEC 2. It has since become a standard language for OS/2 with implementations on other platforms, including the Amiga. A version of REXX has been ported to the QL. REXX is a procedural language like BASIC, C, Pascal, etc. and its |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent Library Listings for the QL on Compuserve |
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Sinclair QL |
| Recent Ports |
MausNet has brought news of a few recent ports to the QL. Below are the details: CRON – Elik Slagter has written a version of Cron, the Unix Execute-at-a-certain-time program. Cron is a process that runs in the background and will execute a particular program at a described time. The crontab file tells Cron what |
Sinclair QL |
| Recent QL Freeware |
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Sinclair QL |
| Recent Upgrades To MicroEmacs |
MicroEmacs is becoming my favorite editor, esp. now that I have a Q40. As MicroEmacs becomes more powerful, it needs some more horsepower to run quickly. On the Q40, speed is not an issue at all. There are some new features to MicroEmacs that impact the programmer. They are: CSM is an easy way for |
Sinclair QL |
| Recipes |
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Sinclair QL |
| Recursion in SuperBasic |
Recursion in programming means a program can call itself. SuperBASIC supports recursion in both functions and procedures. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Reduce Number of Disks in Use with TK2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Refield Program |
Program that allows one to add, restructure and delete fields in Archive databases. |
Sinclair QL |
| Reflections |
What kind of year has it been for the QL? As an individual involved with the QL since it’s introduction in 1984, I can honestly say, that the level of co-operation and development has reached heights never before attained. I’d like to review some of the hardware and software developments, both commercial and public domain, |
Sinclair QL |
| Regular Expressions |
In all the years that I’ve been dealing with Unix, one of the things that I have not taken the time to really learn is Regular Expressions. Regular expressions are based on a mini-language used for pattern matching in a number of Unix search utilities. The most well known of these programs is grep and |
Sinclair QL |
| Releasing Printer Power from a QL |
Many with a QL do not know how to get the most out of their printers. This is particularly true of those using QUILL who would like fancier documents, but feel they are limited to the enhancements (highlights) provided in QUILL (High & Low Scipt, Bold and Underlined). |
Sinclair QL |
| Remote Control by the QL |
Previous efforts to respond to and control the outside world with a QL have not been successful. Prairie Digital developed an A/D I/O (Analog /Digital Input/Output) board that was not particularly facile and had quality control problems. |
Sinclair QL |
| Repairing the QL |
The QL computer is a comparatively easy machine to repair as most it’s functions are controlled by specially designed ULA integrated circuits. |
Sinclair QL |
| Replace: An Archive Utility |
Database systems and database oriented software play an increasingly important role in personal computing. Computers are fantastic for sorting and using information, tasks that database systems are specifically designed for. When you purchased your QL you received a well designed and powerful database system in ARCHIVE. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Report From Juergen Falkenberg |
Juergen Falkenberg of COMPUTER TECHNIK reports, that he is now shipping improved versions of his QL SCANNER. He states, that they have developed an extremely powerful color scanner, for high resolution digitizing of pictures with the Sinclair QL. A minimum of 256K memory expansion is required. |
Sinclair QL |
| Report from QL Librarian |
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Sinclair QL |
| Report on Newport 2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Report on Oak Ridge QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| Reprint of Sizebase |
Reprinted from the first issue. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Resident Procedures |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Resources and Products for the QL |
The last two months I called up various vendors and asked for their catalogs of QL products. The information supplied by these vendors is tabulated and cateogorized in the tables presented below. |
Sinclair QL |
| Resources and Products for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Resources for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Resources for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Response To Day_Of_Week |
While playing around with the function on paper there appears to be a slight error. I am sure that I will not be the first to see this but I will attempt to explain anyway. The year part of the function Y + Y/4 – Y/100 + Y/400 is correct taking into account leap years, |
Sinclair QL |
| Retrieving LOST_DOCs |
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Sinclair QL |
| Retrieving Lost_DOCS |
It happens. More often with long files on microdrive, but it could happen on a floppy back to reLOAD disk. You go editing, and a file_doc for all you get is something like: Loading … 6789 ERROR – Press SPACE to continue |
Sinclair QL |
| Reverse String |
In one of the programming newsgroups I read, I saw a couple of postings dealing with how to reverse a string or a list. A short example would be to take the string “abcde” and make it “edcba”.This little puzzle seemed interesting, so I thought I would give it a shot myself. My first approach |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of Chris Boutal's Genealogist 3 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Review of DBAddres, An Archive Program |
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Sinclair QL |
| Review of Front Page |
Gap Software has recently released FRONT PAGE, the first desk top publishing program available for use on the Sinclair QL. The program, while not as comprehensive as Pagemaker or Desk Top Publishing on the Macintosh or IBM, does provide the basic tools needed to quickly generate full-page column-oriented text and graphics suitable for advertising flyers, |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of Image Processor 2 |
Image Processor 2 from Dilwyn Jones Computing is a powerful program to aid in editing or creating QL screen pictures. It includes handy and powerful utilities such as converting from one screen mode to another, removing color, changing one color to another, adding text, enhancing images, block and window handling and the ability to zoom |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of Pyramide's Graphic Toolkit |
This latest software package from the French company Pyramide, renowned for such favorites as Wanderer and Vroom, provides a wealth of SuperBASIC extensions aimed at extending the graphic and screen-handling capabilities of the QL. While a few of the some 70+ extensions are duplicated in other toolkits, many are new and quite innovative. |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of QINDEX |
QINDEX, as the name applies is an indexing program. It will produce an index from either a Quill file or from an ASCII text file. Since I do not own Text 87 or Perfection, | cannot comment on its compatibility with their files. However, if neither of these type files work, you can always save |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of Talent's Basic-Ally |
Basic-Ally is a program no user of Superbasic should be without.It is a debug and trace utility which makes finding and correcting mistakes in Superbasic programs both fast and easy. The output is presented in a manner very similar to Talent’s Assembler Workbench, since both programs were written by the same author, Eddy Yeung. |
Sinclair QL |
| Review of the QL IBM Emulator |
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Sinclair QL |
| Review: GRAPHIQL |
Review of a CAD program for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Review: QL Quick Posters |
QUICK POSTERS published by Dilwyn Jones Computing, makes text only posters simple and effortlessly, by harnessing the facilities built into many modern printers. It is supplied on both disk and mdv. You receive the main program together with an update_doc, printer drivers, and demonstration pages. The program will run on an unexpanded QL. A backup |
Sinclair QL |
| Revision Control System (RCS) |
Whether it’s source code or system configuration files, it’s nice to be able to keep track of changes made to files over time. The Revision Control System is a collection of programs that keep track of different versions (revisions) of text files. A special file is created by RCS that contains information about the changes |
Sinclair QL |
| RGB Monitor Cable |
There has been renewed interest in the “Skip Fisher” adapter/buffer cable for the QL RGB monitor output. As many know, the OL is vulnerable to damaging external voltages thru its RGB circuits which are not internally buffered. |
Sinclair QL |
| Rhode Island Show |
This past May I made the trek to Rhode Island. Paul Holmgren was good enough to give me a ride. We left Friday night and drove straight through to Rhode Island (NoDoz – don’t drive 12 hrs without it). Paul has this nice little black box that sets off radar detectors. I did a little |
Sinclair QL |
| RLE and Desktop |
RLE stands for Run-time encoded grophics and we first did an article on it in an issue of QLR last year. We printed a listing by Norm Lehfeldt which enabled you to download pictures from Compuserve (they have a whole section for screen pictures of all types) onto your monitor. With one of many of |
Sinclair QL |
| RLE Decoder |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Rock-Fall - A Review |
This review is of the program Rock-Fall by Andrew Toone which is called a “Boulderdash Clone”. When I tried to find out what Boulderdash was I ran into a problem. I spent time in several bookstores and a library trying to find a reference to any program called Boulderdash. Finally I found a book that |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Rock'n'QL |
During a recent phone conversation between myself and our esteemed editor I was asked to write something about how I use my little black box – but before I do that here is a little history. In the early eighties I was singing in a rock’n’roll band as well as learning the beginnings of my |
Sinclair QL |
| Ron's P/D Library |
With the great explosion of Public Domain software on the QL scene, we have asked Ron Dunnett of QUBBESoft P/D, the leading commercial supplier of PD software, if he would be willing to share some comments on his library. This is the first of what we hope will be an on going PD column. |
Sinclair QL |
| Routine Auto-Locator |
Have you ever, in the course of developing a moderately complex SuperBasic program, found yourself scrolling madly up and down through multitudinous lines in search of the routine that currently needed modification ? I have, and it can be annoying, to say the least. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RPN Calculator |
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) is mathmatical convention for handling expressions. RPN is most commonly found in Hewlett-Packard calculators. RPN, like Forth and Postscript, is stack oriented. Operators only handle data stored on the stack. The infix (or normal) expression 3 + 5 would be expressed as 3 5 +. Note the operator goes at the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RS-232 Peripheral Interface |
Recently I have been engaged in a project to collect temperature data to analyze the thermal properties of homes. This project will eventually lead to the development of a microprocessor controlled thermostat. However, to begin work, data must be collected and analyzed to understand the thermal properties of a home in a quantitative manner. |
Sinclair QL |
| Ruminations from the QL Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ruminations from the QL Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ruminations From The QL Editor |
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Sinclair QL |
| Rumors! Rumors! |
Rumors are flying wildly in the U.K., It has been said that QUANTA is in negotiations with REBEL ELECTRONICS to take over the REBEL HARD DISK INTERFACE design. It has been suggested that it would be offered as a kit, and as a fully assembled version. |
Sinclair QL |
| Running a Gold Card from 5 Volts |
The QL normally runs as we all know from 9 volts, which if you have transfered your QL to a PC case (with a switch mode power supply), causes a few problems. The solution to this problem is to run the whole system on 5 volts, but the backup clock on Gold Card will not |
Sinclair QL |
| Running QPC on a PC |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sanyo's Slots |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Save And Load Arrays |
If you have ever created an array in SuperBasic you may have run into a slight problem. How do you save it? The manual is of no help, At least I couldn’t find instructions there. Even Jan Jones excellent book was, in this area, totally lacking. The program that follows will show the procedures to |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Saver |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SBASIC |
Great News ! The enclosed disc contains SBASIC’ the letter from Miracle Systems began. The disc in question was release 2.16 of the QXL software and after backing up the disc and trying it out, it was indeed impressive. |
Sinclair QL |
| SBYTES and the Gold Card |
A number of years ago, it was determined, that heat buildup could be reduced in the QL by replacing the ROM’s with an EPROM. EPROMs run cooler than ROMs and one EPROM can replace both of the original ROM chips. The SBYTES command allows the code on the ROM to be copied to disk or |
Sinclair QL |
| Scan: An Archive Program |
Program that allows one to see up to three selected fields displayed on a line for all currently active records. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Scandinavian QL Meeting |
The Swedish QL User Group is planning a QL meeting to be held on the 1st and 2nd of October 1994 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The exact location is yet to be decided upon, more details will be forwarded in good time before the meeting. It is our hope to attract a number of suppliers as |
Sinclair QL |
| SCOPY 1.06 |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Screen Dazzler |
SCREEN DAZZLER loads and runs one of the many screen manipulation or graphical display programs included with the program. At the start of the timeout period, at random one of the six included programs is loaded from FLP1 ( as supplied ). There are some dazzling displays on the screen at this time. When you |
Sinclair QL |
| Screen Peek'r |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Screen Snatcher |
Screen Snatcher is a powerful utility which has one purpose, to save a copy of the current screen display to disk, microdrive or RAM disk. This program may not appear to be of value to everyone using a QL, however, if you have ever wanted to save a copy of text mixed with some foreign |
Sinclair QL |
| Screen Snatcher for QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Scripting in QTPI |
Jonathan Hudson’s QTPI program has been evolving for some time, beginning as a ‘simple’ terminal program under another name and evolving into a pointer environment, full featured communications package with drop down menus, multiple transfer protocols, etc. His latest version adds the powerful capabilities of scripting. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Second Look at the QL |
Reprinted from the July 1984 issue of Your Computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| Secrets of the QL memory |
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Sinclair QL |
| Security on the QL |
It is 3.30pm on a blazing hot day in early May and I am driving along the Sussex coastline to interview John Wakefield of Wakefield Security Systems Limited. I came in contact with John through a letter I had published in the February ’95 Quanta magazine. I had just moved from Hamburg, in Germany, to |
Sinclair QL |
| Seeing is Believing |
You sit down, switch on your QL and patiently wait for the start-up prompt to appear on the screen… how easily we take for granted that a computer can display pictures an a monitor. Would you ever think that a complex process is performed by about 30% of the hardware in your computer just to |
Sinclair QL |
| Seeking Applications Software |
As you all know there are not too many applications around in the QL scene. The question is: why? One reason might be, that potential programmers don’t see a market in the QL scene, which is probably true. You need to be an enthusiast. However, some excellent software like QTPI and QFAX, which are very |
Sinclair QL |
| SeekQL 2.09 - Part 1 |
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Sinclair QL |
| SeekQL 2.09 - Part 2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Serial Interface for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| SERMouse (Ver 3.01) - A Review |
SERMouse is a software driver that allows you to connect a PC type serial mouse to one of the QL’s serial ports. No disassembly of the QL is necessary. The mouse can then be used to control the pointer if you’re using the pointer environment allowing much easier and faster control than the cursor keys. |
Sinclair QL |
| Setting up Quill for Printers |
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Sinclair QL |
| Setting-Up RGB/CGA Video Monitors |
“Why is an RGB monitor better than a composite monitor”? This question has been asked over and over again. In simple terms – a composite signal from a computer has every video element that RGB signals have. They are: Red, Blue, & Green video signals, Horizontal or Composite sync and Vertical sync signals which are |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SGC Printer Cable |
Having assembled my QL in a MID-Size Tower Case it became apparent with the purchase of a Super Gold Card that if 1 wanted to maintain tiddy control of the QL’s cables, the one supplied by Miracle just wouldn’t do. I wanted to be able to connect the cable to the back of the case, |
Sinclair QL |
| Shell - A Review |
When I was asked by the Editor to provide an article for this issue, I looked for something I could write about that could be useful to many NESQLUG members. This program seemed to meet that criteria. Due to the number of commands and my limited use of this program, the article’s pur- W~ pose |
Sinclair QL |
| Shelling Out To Superbasic |
The QL is unique in how QDOS and SuperBasic are sort of rolled into one. Just as we can only have one copy of QDOS running, we can only have one copy of SuperBasic running (OK, I know this is not true for Minerva). In a traditional operating system model, there is the OS and |
Sinclair QL |
| Shifting Squares |
Program to solve 8-square scrambled numbers. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Shoot-out at the QL Desktop Corral! |
Review of several QL desktop publishing programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Short Takes |
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Sinclair QL |
| Side Bar |
Notes about keyboard alternatives for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sidewinder |
Sidewinder is basically a screen dump program with a difference. It is a set of utilities that not only allows you to dump a screen from any graphic program, but also gives you the facilities to alter your graphic, as in a drawing program. |
Sinclair QL |
| Silicon Grease Pit |
Let’s see now, I changed the oil last March, didn’t I? Or was it May? And didn’t the manual say that I should be checking the Flammitz every 2245 miles or the Potowski will self-destruct at a cost of $500.00? |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sinc Bits |
Rumors of a Spectrum +4, positive response to The RAM Music Machine. TS 2068 UP-Date (later Update Magazine) garnered 140 subscribers in its first year. QL activity includes new programs and a replacement keyboard. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SincBits |
Updates on Larken DOS (EPROM); RAMEX Amdek III disk system; Spectrum and QL accessories and improvements. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sincbits |
Mentions SPECDRUM and other music software/hardware for use with the ZX Spectrum. Improvements on SAFE DOS from John Oliger; SPDOS. $99 QL kit. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sincbits |
Updates from the Midwest TS Computer Fest, Spectrum, TS 2068 and QL news. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sincbits |
News about the Spectrum, TS 2068 and QL. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sincbits |
John Oliger has completed latest upgrade for the JLO SAFE DOS. Some details about forthcoming SAM COUPE computer. QL software, hardware updates. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair and Timex News |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Sinclair Announces QL; Plans US Mkt Re-Entry |
Sinclair Research, Ltd announced in London a new machine—the Sinclair QL—using the 68008 processor running at 7.5 MHz. Late February should see initial shipments in the UK, with production building to 20,000/mo by summer. Introductory price in the UK is $599, but the US price will likely be $499 when the machine arrives here, perhaps |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair at CES |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Echo |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Echo |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Hardware Odds and Ends |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Hints and Tips |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Lotto Simulator |
Converted from the 2068 program by G. Mockridge. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Magazines |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair MS-DOS |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair News |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair On the Net |
Some of the more interesting info pulled off the Internet in the prior few months, including a magazine dedicated to Spectrum emulators, new products for QL and a ZX81 magazine. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX81 |
| Sinclair Publications: Quantum Levels Still Kicking |
Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL |
Reprinted from Creative Computing, v10 n12. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL - A Review and Evaluation |
Review of the computer and its software. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL Computer Examined |
Not long ago I managed to get my hands on Sinclair’s latest machine, the QL. A cursory inspection reveals a very powerful computer. It sports a nice full size keyboard. Unlike the TS1000, the case is large (18-3/4 by 5-3/8 inches). It encloses the 68008 microprocessor, 128K of ram, 48k of rom, 2 microdrive mass |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL Presented at BCS General Meeting |
Nigel Searle spoke about the U.S. introduction of the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL to IBM XT File Transfer |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sinclair QL Update |
The latest word is that Sinclair will take orders as early as November, with deliveries as early as January (FCC permiting). Several improvements have been made to it since it was first introduced, mainly to correct the original discrepancies in the operating system, etc. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL: Alive and Well in Germany |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair QL/RS-232/Xerox Memorywriter Connection |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Quantum Leap |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
Well, here we are again at the end of another year and we still haven’t given up on our computers. In fact, more has happened in the Sinclair world this year than has happened in any single year since this column began. Therefore, before we say Hello to 1987 lets have a look back at |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
Believe it or not, this month’s column marks the start of the third year here in Computer Shopper. Yet, unlike when it started, coverage includes an actively produced computer–the Sinclair (not Timex) QL. But all of those other models have not disappeared by any means, and so to start our third year together, let’s look |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
When the QL first appeared, a few books were written in England on its use. These books, available in this coun- try for a while, were written based upon UK ROM versions. For the most part this was no problem, but there were a few points (such as display data) which did not hold true |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
When the QL first appeared, Sinclair Research promised to support it with some sophisticated software in keeping with its intended position as a business computer. In addition to the suite of four programs which came (and still come) with the QL, Sinclair initially licensed a number of packages to be published under the Sinclair label. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
Continuing on our recent theme of telecommunications for the Sinclair computers (necessary for you to join us in C*SIX, the Computer Shopper Information Exchange, on DELPHI), this month we take a look at another new terminal program for the QL. Q_Link is published by Meta Media Productions (726 West 17th; Vancouver, BC V5Z IT9; CANADA) |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair Survival Column |
Hard to believe, but this month marks the beginning of our fourth year together here in Computer Shopper. Back in June 1984 when we were just getting used to the fact that Timex had withdrawn from the home computer retail market, this column first appeared on these pages. A lot has happened to this line |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Sinclair to Concentrate on QL in US |
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Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair to market new micro in U.S. |
Sinclair Research will ship a new $499 microcomputer, the Sinclair QL (Quantum Leap) to American consumers beginning this fall, said the firm’s chairman and founder, Sir Clive Sinclair. |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair User Profile |
MIKE MITCHELL works for RICHARD DANA Corp as a mechanical engineer. The company designs and builds automatic assembly equipment which need custom cams. Mind you that I never intended to marry it but like many of my projects, it began with the thought that I could do something better than someone else and has progressed |
Sinclair QL |
| Sinclair's Quantum Leap in the U.S. |
Sinclair announces QL, intended for availability in the fall. Formerly referred to as ZX-83. Editor predicts exit of Timex in light of advertising and product delays. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SlowGold Reviewed |
SlowGold is a set of routines used to slow the QL down. It was intended for Gold Card users but it also works on a standard QL. Why would anyone want to slow their QL and/or Gold Card down?!? Most software runs much better on a Gold Card equipped QL. The problem is that some |
Sinclair QL |
| Slowgold to Slow Gold |
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Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ An Explanation |
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the three systems listed above, understandable perhaps, as the initials on their own mean very little to the uninitiated. I will try to explain the differences without going into too much technical detail. If it is still not clear, let me know and I’ll try again! |
Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ Language Dependent Modules |
n order to be able to distribute versions of SMSQ which provide messages in more than one language and to support multiple keyboard layouts, SMSQ uses a uniform “language dependent module” structure. |
Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ Modules |
SMSQ/E is delivered as a single file which provides an operating system, a command line Processor / program interpreter (SBASIC), various language modules and a complete set of device drivers for the target system. SMSQ/E is, however, not a monolithic unit, but a collection of modules providing different functions. It is possible, for example, to |
Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ/E - Hints and Tips |
We recently discovered a number of problem solutions to various problems which arose when faulty programs were used in conjunction with SMSQ/E. These problems are not faults of SMSQ/E but become visible under it. |
Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ/E on the QXL |
For the last several months, there has been a lot of press and discussion of SMSQ/E, Tony Tebby’s latest serving of QL software inspiration (and sweat). In case you haven’t had a chance to keep up with the news, SMSQ/E is a new operating system written by Tony Tebby to replace QDOS on any QL |
Sinclair QL |
| SMUG Bytes Tries Something New |
Newsletter produced with Quill on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Software Engineering and OOPS on the QL? |
Through subscriptions at work and home, I read a number of computer magazines, including Dr. Dobb’s Journal (DDJ), C Users Journal, Unix Review, Sun World, and Info-World. These magazines discuss programming, programming trends, and programming utilities/software. Two of the leading topics of discussions have been Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Software Engineering, which includes Computer |
Sinclair QL |
| Software News |
Two major packages have just been released by the PROGS (note their adverts in this issue). The first is the long-awaited “Version 3 of DATADESIGN” (fully relational database) now offered in two configurations. The first section is the DATABASE and the second is DATADESIGN API (application Programming Interface) that allows the user to program DATADESIGN |
Sinclair QL |
| Software Producers - Take Note |
In response to the column “OUR READERS SPEAK” in the last issue, we received a number of calls and letters. A large number of them dealt with what seems to be an increasing problem. With the increased sophistication of QL software, more and more packages require some type of configuration before the program can be |
Sinclair QL |
| Software Reuse |
For years I’ve reading articles on Software Reuse and how it can increase the productivity of programming shops. Since I program alone, as most QLers programmers do, I have never given it much thought for my programming. For some reason, a recent article on software reuse sparked a new thought about software reuse and the |
Sinclair QL |
| Software Reuse And SSB |
Through work I get a number of computer related magazines, either directly to me or ones that are received by the office. This gives me a chance to scan articles on a variety of subjects, of which some I find applicable to my computing. I like to try to apply different programming concepts I glean |
Sinclair QL |
| SOLVIT-2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| SOLVIT-PLUS 2 |
Users of SOLVIT-PLUS 2 who purchased the programme from Dilwyn Jones Computing are entitled to a free upgrade. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, send Master Disk 1 and one I.R.C. The Disk will be returned with the latest version. |
Sinclair QL |
| Solvit-Plus2 Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some Archive Utilities |
Archive is, arguably, the most powerful of the Psion programs. It is an extremely flexible data base system. One feature lacking is a reasonable directory system. With 720 k disk space, one can have a lot of data bases and programs on one floppy–and not all Archive files. The directory command in Archive lists all |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Some are QXL Notes |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some Not So New Programs |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some Notes On Archive |
This came to me as a letter and not an article – ED I am heavy into really relational databases now. The place I work uses Oracle. They have tables in their database with 50 million records or rows are they like to call them. I finally get to compare ARCHIVE (a quasi relational database) |
Sinclair QL |
| Some Notes on the QL "Fixes" |
We have all gotten QL computers at salvage prices, entirely due to the rush into production 5 years ago. The majority of users seem to be able to adapt to the “system lockup” syndrome, but it has alienated thousands. As far as I know, we at the CATS user group are blessed with the only |
Sinclair QL |
| Some Passing Thoughts on Success |
Notes about Success, a CP/M emulator for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Some Popular Misconceptions (Mostly about filenames) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some Popular Misconceptions (Mostly about filenames) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some QL Procedures |
Four procedures for printing. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Some QL Procedures |
I have listed four procedures I have found useful. The first (NAME) is a label printer which allows you to select the number of copies you want. Lines 25121 to 25126 are input error traps. Lines 25125 and 25126 may be changed if you want more than 10 copies. Line 25130 the backslashes after Print |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Some QL Stuff |
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Sinclair QL |
| Some QL Stuff |
I had a program in which I wished to change a number of variables, many of them repeated in different parts of the program, such as changing STATES to PROVINCES, and ZIP CODE to POST CODE, etc., and I got tired of going back and forth through the listing. I decided there just had to |
Sinclair QL |
| Some Thoughts On Programming Style |
In QHJ #24 Tim talks about a colleague’s style of writing Perl and contrasts it with his own. I have spent several years as a programming and system development lecturer within my company’s internal training department and nothing seems to cause more grief/criticism/etc., etc., as differences of programming style. I tend to use procedure calls |
Sinclair QL |
| Sorted Directories |
Program to save programs in alpha order. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sound Experimentor |
Unlike most home computers, the QL has a very limited noise making capability. What there is can only be dragged out by using the enigmatic BEEP command. Reprinted from ZX-Appeal. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Sound Experimentor |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SOUNDEX |
Soundex is an algorithm for storing words, primarily names, in a number format so that they could be easily look up, and words that sound alike will have almost the same soundex result. This is sort of the thing they use when you call information and ask for a persons number. They will type it |
Sinclair QL |
| Special Notice to QL-ers! |
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Sinclair QL |
| Spectator - A Review |
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Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Speed! How Fast Is QL Software? |
Sometimes the QL is fast: the “EDITOR” does many things that we want in word processing done fast. Sometimes the QL is slow: just import something into a QUILL document – coffee break time! The software is different. |
Sinclair QL |
| Spellbound |
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Sinclair QL |
| Spellchecker Problems |
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Sinclair QL |
| Speshul QLers Hear This |
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Sinclair QL |
| Spinning Rings |
Every now and then it is a good idea to explore or review a command in detail. The listing of spin_ring_bas is included below in order to demonstrate some of the aspects of the Superbasic command CIRCLE. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Spreadsheets/DeskJet 500 |
Having recently taken advantage of what I think is a good price on the HP DESKJET 500 printer, I then had the task of changing the printer drivers for the Psion software that I use with it. |
Sinclair QL |
| SQ Notes: QL to IBM RGB Connections |
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Sinclair QL |
| Squidgy Round the World |
Squidgy Round the World Version 6.5 is a colourful QL arcade game with up to 50 locations written by Michael Crowe. As a character, Squidgy is introduced as a friendly being pursued by certain characters who would like to perform experiments on him. Why would these people want to do this to this poor little |
Sinclair QL |
| Statistical Analysis System |
Mechanical Design Analysis Consultants (MeDAC) has decided to market their Statistical Analysis System. This system was designed by our Chief Design Analyst (Glen E. Smelcer) after 12 years working in the Design Analysis Department of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. and 15 years working in the Reliability Design Analysis Department of the JOHN DEERE Dubuque Works. |
Sinclair QL |
| Statistical Functions for Archive |
Archive, like Superbasic, is an extendable language through user defined procedures. While Archive does not have any built-in statistical functions, these can easily be added. The following procedures let you calculate the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for any numerical field in your data base. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Status Report on CATS QL Library |
Well over a year ago I agreed with Tom Robbins to work on a library of QL programs from the members. Tom produced Disk #1 with a selection of programs and utilities from the QUANTA collection. He also did Disks #2 and #3; #2 being games and #3 a set of tutorials on the Pascal |
Sinclair QL |
| Steering to Success: The QL Roadtest |
Reprinted from another source. |
Sinclair QL |
| Still Speedy After All These Years |
Letter to Jerry Pournelle about the speed of BASIC compilers on the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Stochastic Indexing |
This demo program, SID (Stochastic Indexing Demo), see listing 1 below, simulates clouds as seen by a satellite looking straight down. As a pictorial rendering of clouds, it is rather poor since it only uses circles to indicate where clouds are. But with a little imagination, one can see structures that resemble some types of |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Stop Me If You've Heard This Before |
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Sinclair QL |
| String Slicing, Coercion & Concatenation |
String concatenation is a subject that can’t easily be covered in a vacuum. It must include string slicing and coercion as well. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Strings And The C-Programming Language |
Strings are a means of storing and manipulating text, such as names and sentences. In C, strings are not a formal data type but an array of type “char”. When you think about a string in C, it is a series of characters, formed into an array. In other programming languages strings are also treated |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Strip_c |
A few months ago I picked up a inexpensive pen-based MS-DOS laptop. It came with a Word Processor that handles handwritten input from the screen. I’ve found it usefull for taking notes at meetings and writing short letters while watching TV. The word processor stores it’s files in its own format and not ascii. I’ve |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| STRIPHTML_C |
With the popularity of the World Wide Web, more and more information is being formatted in HTML, the “language” of the Web. Since HTML is pure ASCII this is not a problem for people that don’t’ have Web Browsers. But, HTML commands can make text look very convoluted. The following C program will read a |
Sinclair QL |
| Structured SuperBASIC |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Structured SuperBasic 2.6 |
Structured SuperBasic is a utility that has been printed a couple of times in this newsletter. I have recently dusted the program off and completed a new version. SSB 2.6 has all of the functionality of SSB 2.5, but I have added a lot of error checking, fixed a few bugs, added Config Block support, |
Sinclair QL |
| Structured SuperBasic 2.6.1 |
One project keeping me away from working on the QHJ was updating Structured SuperBasic. I’ve made a few minor changes to it that allows it to much more usefull. I’ve also added a new utility that makes it SSB production easier. The two changes are: 1 – Added a second command line argument of Starting |
Sinclair QL |
| Structured SuperBasic 2.6.2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Structured SuperBasic Version 2.3 |
INTRODUCTION Structured SuperBasic (SSB) is another way of writing SuperBasic programs. It allows programmers to write SuperBasic programs without line numbers and with white space between blocks. SSB is essentially a filter. It takes in a program file that is written in SSB and outputs a program file that is in SuperBasic. SSB programs are |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Structured SuperBasic Version 2.5 |
Structured SuperBasic (SSB) has been sitting on my shelf for a number of years without having any upgrades. I really only upgrade SSB when there is a new feature that I need SSB to support. Since I’ve had the Pointer Environment (PE) for just over a year, I’ve always wanted to do some programming supporting |
Sinclair QL |
| Style Sheets, Formats and Macros |
I create a document of my letterhead with design, margins, footer, Justification and tabs the way I like them. I have both my box number and my street address, together with a dummy date and salutation. |
Sinclair QL |
| Substring Searching in C |
The December 1988 issue of “Computer Language” had an article on substring searching in C, based on an APL algorithm. One interesting feature of the substring search function is that it returned a array that pointed to all occurances of the substring in the string. Some algorithms only return the first occurance of the substring. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Success (continued) |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Super Disk Utility |
Most cataloguing methods applied to collections of items, be they books or chapters in a book, involve relatively complex indexing techniques such as alternating between numerals (Arabic or Roman) and alphabetical characters. On the other hand, it is generally simpler, and often preferable, to use a straightforward numerical order when dealing with collections of closely |
Sinclair QL |
| Super Gold Card Update |
Super Gold Cards ordered at the “MIN 2” have been shipped and word is that with a newly improved operating system, it is even better than the one seen in Newport. |
Sinclair QL |
| Super QL - The Next Generation |
In the past there were two major problems restricting the development of the QL. The first was Amstrad’s copyright of the QDOS operating system, and their unwillingness to license it to another party. The second major obstacle was the lack of a proper bus system. It was widely reported several years ago that this is |
Sinclair QL |
| Super QL Report |
I now have Qdos running 00 a 50 MHz 68060 system, with 10 Mb RAM. The processor came direct from Motorola, as part of their Alpha/Beta test program, and is fitted on a CyberStorm Amiga accelerator board, made by Phase Five in Germany; Escom have agreed to use this board on thousands of the new |
Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic - Your Powerful Friend |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC BASIC for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic Data Types |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC Editor for the QL |
Using Quill to edit SuperBASIC programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC for Beginners |
BoSTUG members Peter Hale and Mike Mitchell are collaborating on a book of the 20 most useful QL SuperBASIC keywords for non-programmers. |
Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC for Beginners |
Continuing from last month’s column, we move on to PRINT. Most of us have a pretty clear 1dea of what the KEYWORD PRINT does. |
Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic Ramblings |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic Ramblings |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBASIC Recursion |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| SuperBASIC Routines from Psion Solutions |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic Tutorial Part 2: Printing in Columns |
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Sinclair QL |
| SuperBasic Tutorial: Part 3 (or maybe 4) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Supercode Toolkit |
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Sinclair QL |
| Supplier Notes |
Henry April, owner of EZ-Key, retires from national retailing. QLs available for $99. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Surveys and Questionaires |
In the past two or three months we have learned of two surveys being onducted in the world of the QL. The most valuable one being circulated is that of Robin Stevenson, a British Computer Consultant who has been commissioned by QL WORLD to write an article on the state of the QL in North |
Sinclair QL |
| Switching Printer Characters |
Sending printer codes to change fonts. |
Sinclair QL |
| Syncbits |
Resources for all Timex/Sinclair computer models and Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| SyncWare Meets QL |
Sinclair Research has been promising the North American arrival of their new QL computer for so long, it’s hard to remember just when the first mention of it was made. Were it not for the fact that this machine is being sold in the U.K., one might well wonder if it is just the figment |
Sinclair QL |
| T-S News |
The QL is coming! We received a very attractive full color booklet from Sinclair Research that tells everything you’ve always wanted to know about the QL-except when it will be available. Much of the information has been published in T-S Horizons before but it does go into more detail on the word processing, database, spreadsheet, |
Sinclair QL |
| T/S Emulators |
Notes on Carlo Delhez’s emulators and letter from Carlo about them. |
Sinclair QL |
| T/S Resources |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| T/SNUG, Quanta and PD-QL Software |
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Sinclair QL |
| Talking to the World |
In addition to logging into specialized bulletin boards such as QBOX USA to talk with other QL users (see the last issue of IQLR), you have the opportunity to access an even bigger part of the ‘information superhighway’ that has been much talked about. And unlike what many people think, this so called superhighway has |
Sinclair QL |
| Tapecopy |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Tapecopy |
Using a copy of the directory, the program allows for copying microdrive tapes. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Task Commander |
Task Commander is a utility that will convert a TURBO compiled program into a resident extension or Toolkit, that can be RESPRed and seen as a new keyword in SuperBasic. Task Commander will produce a keyword that will produce the same effect as EXEC or EX. Task Commander is not designed for creating library extension |
Sinclair QL |
| Task Force |
Taskforce was published in QL WORLD’ s Do It Yourself Toolkit Column in April 1989. The more or less monthly column is edited by Simon Goodwin and contains useful extensions to SuperBasic. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Taskmaster - A Review and Appreciation |
TASKMASTER is a ‘Front End’ program, with File Handling and other Utilities, that enables the QL to multitask up to (8) EXECutable programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Tax Software for the QL |
TAX-l-QL (rhymes with icicle) is the lead program from the Boston QL software house of EMSoft. It is a spreadsheet template to run under ABACUS on the QL to make the IRS tax preparation easier but is does require at least 384K RAM. |
Sinclair QL |
| Tax-I-Now |
Updating Tax-I-QL templates with current IRS data. |
Sinclair QL |
| Tax-I-QL Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| Tax-I-QL Tip |
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Sinclair QL |
| Teac 3.5" ED Disk Drives |
Teac has released yet another version of their popular ED disk drives. The new drive number is TEAC FD-235J 5637. Since all three drives are being sold we thought it might be a good idea if we reprinted the jumper modifications for all three. Please remember to keep a record of the original factory settings. |
Sinclair QL |
| Telecommunication News |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Telecommunications and the Timex/Sinclair Computer |
Brief introduction to using modems with Timex/Sinclair computers. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
Simple terminal program for the QL. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
The QL, for all its power and versatility, is limited in telecommunicating at 300 baud without a hardware link between the serial port and the modem. Michael Mitchell submitted the following. It will get you on line at 300 (or even 1200) baud with a Hayes compatible modem. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
Short program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
Simple terminal program. Reprinted from the May 1988 issue of Nite-Time News, which itself was reprinted from the Data Expansion, the newsletter of the Dallas/Fort Worth group. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Telecommunications on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Ten Commandments Of C Programmers |
This was a document that I found on the Internet that I thought would be an interest to the C programmers out there – ED |
Sinclair QL |
| test87 Plus 4 Shipped |
Software8T has begun shipping orders for text87 Plus 4, the latest generation of this advanced word processor for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Text 87 + 4 |
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Sinclair QL |
| text 87 and Quill, Part I |
Comparison of the two word processing programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| text 87: My Latest Impression |
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Sinclair QL |
| Text Editors |
This is a short review of the text editors available for the QL. Editors come in two basic types: moded and mode-less. A moded editor is one that has a command mode and an edit mode. The Unix editor VI is a classic example of a moded editor. All commands are typed in with out |
Sinclair QL |
| TEXT_WIDTH |
The following program demonstrates how to set up a procedure for printing text you’ve written, so that your choice of characters per line will be printed while still looking neat. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Text'n'Graphics - A Review |
T’N’G is a program that fills a void between a word processor/text editor and desk top publishing software. It contains something for every QL user even though each of us use our QL differently. If you require single or multiple page fliers with a graphic illustration or perhaps an illustrated cover for a document or |
Sinclair QL |
| TEXT87 - A Review |
Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is used, but TEXT87 is such a program. I only recently received my copy and am not yet familiar with all its features. Otherwise I would be using it to write this newsletter. Briefly it is |
Sinclair QL |
| text87 and Quill, Part II |
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Sinclair QL |
| text87 and Quill, Part III |
Conclusion to the comparison between the two programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Text87 and WordStar |
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Sinclair QL |
| text87 plu4 version 2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Text87 plus 4 - A Review |
This review of text87 plus 4 is being written using text 87. I rarely turn on my QL without using text87 for something. This doesn’t mean I’m always writing letters. I also use text87 to find information. I have a 1.2 MByte file containing all the zip codes of cities in the United States. To |
Sinclair QL |
| Text87 Review |
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Sinclair QL |
| Text87: An Advanced QL Wordprocessor |
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Sinclair QL |
| text87: My Impression |
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Sinclair QL |
| The 1997 North American QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| The 3rd North American QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| The A+ QL Offer |
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Sinclair QL |
| The American QL: A Peek Inside |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Column |
This month’s program is a simple version of the UNIX utility we (word count). This program reads in a text file and counts all of the lines, words, and characters. The structure of this program is similar to last month’s program. The section that gets the file is the same. The while statement is the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C Page |
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Sinclair QL |
| The C.A.T.S Newsletter |
Five articles reprinted from the newsletter: The C Column, QL Small-C Comparison, Additions to the QL Library, More on Benchmarks and Dealing With The BBS. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Cable Column |
This featured column, by Bill Cable, starts with this issue. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Cable Column |
More on programming in Archive. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Cable Column: Programming in Archive |
Archive has a built-in procedural based language. The author walks through writing a few procedures. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Changing Complexion of Timex-Sinclair Computing Seen at the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest |
This issue of Up-Date was delayed a week to report upon the Orlando 1988 Winter Fest. Representing the Western USA was Tim and Stephanie Woods (Time Designs Magazine), and the Central USA was represented by the staff of SyncWare News and attendees from the Michigan user group. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The City |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The City |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Dutch Connection |
Most QLers probably don’t realize what exists overseas for the QL. I also don’t think that they realize what exists out there for the QL and a modem. I feel that I can say this because of a few experiences I have had. The first is with GEnie. I subscribed to GEnie for a few |
Sinclair QL |
| The Editor Special Edition v2.05 |
Digital Precision has produced its latest and last version of its text editor, The Editor Special Edition. They’ve really thrown in all the whistles and bells in version 2.05. There are major improvements and additions over previous editions of both the regular Editor and older versions of The Editor Special Edition. The Editor Special Edition |
Sinclair QL |
| The Editor's Musings |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Fantastic Incredible QLXL-Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Fourth North American QL Show |
Saturday, May 18th, 9 AM until 5PM The show will be located in Bedford, Massachusetts, just 15 miles NW of Boston. Bedford, and the two bordering of towns of Lexington and Concord, contain many historical sites and museums, including the sites of the first battles of the American Revolution, Minuteman National Park, Louisa May Alcott |
Sinclair QL |
| The Future of the QL |
Update on the computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Future of the QL in America and Some QL Graphics Systems |
Status of the QL and how to potentially improve the commercial viability of the product; discussion of QL drawing/graphics programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Game of Chaos |
NOVA is a science program that runs on PBS. On a past show they discussed the idea of chaos. At the begining of the show they showed a game called THE GAME OF CHAOS. Here is how the game works. On a board are three points in a triangular formation, numbered 1, 2 and 3. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The German Connection |
Through various means I have gotten in contact with Franz Herrmann of the German QL User Group “Sinclair QL User Club e. V.” After some communications, he sent me a disk with some interesting files. Firstly, there is the IFE (Inter-group Freeware Exchange) database that constains listings to over 53 MB of QL programs. The |
Sinclair QL |
| The Good, the Bad, and the, uh, QL? |
A couple of months ago at the CATS meeting we were sharing about QL’s etc. and to my surprise, it seemed that we had about an equal number of CATS members who: |
Sinclair QL |
| The Great Pizza Challenge |
Having read Zelijko Nastasic’s pizza challenge (how many windows can you open?) in Volume 5 issue 4, I set the same problem to my second year students, but with more stringent control (size of window, maximum delay for any window operation, etc.) leaving them a free choice of computer system. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Greek New Testament (on the QL) |
Those of us who have an intense desire to understand the reasons and purpose of life, search, study and discuss what we can of the contents of many different records of the past, including the Sumarian Scripts, the Egyptian Cuneform writings and the Mayan Records. Many of these writings are to-day being studied by scholars |
Sinclair QL |
| The Hanoi Tower |
This version of the old game of moving a tower of disks from one peg to another, with one intermediate peg, has two interesting features. First, it shows the application of recursive programming which provides an elegant keel of code for the movement of the disks. Second, it gives an example of the use of |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Heart of the Sinclair QL ... the 68008 |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Heart of the Sinclair QL ... the 68008 |
Brief description/overview of the processor. Reprinted from SUM, April 1986. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Index Printer |
Last issue we gave an index printing program for the TS-2068. This time I was determined to make the QL do it. Actually it turned out to be pretty good, and it has some other applications as well. It could be an “outline printer” or could be used for just about any purpose that one |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The International QL Meeting |
The 21st March 1992 saw the International QL Meeting in Germany, organized by the Sinclair QL User Club e.V. Munster-Roxel, NW Germany was the location, and QL/QDOS enthusiasts from several countries gathered in a school hall to see, try out and discuss everything to do with the QL. I was part of a contingent of |
Sinclair QL |
| The Lonely Joker |
The Lonely Joker is an excellent implementation of the card game Solitaire (Patience). When used with a mouse, this version is certainly equal to or better than the ones bundled with “Windows” for the IBM or commonly found on the Macintosh. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Lonely Joker (Napoleon) |
A number of months ago my father purchased the game “LONELY JOKER’, and I’ve been playing the three different games ever since. The most difficult of the three is “NAPOLEON”, the documentation really doesn’t go far enough in explaining how to play. So, here is a simplified explanation of the way I play the game. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Lonely Joker II |
THE LONELY JOKER was reviewed in IQLR Vol. 2 No. 2. Since then it has some major changes and a few minor ones. They have added 3 more games to double the original 3 games. This review is on Version 2. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Mysterious QL Simple but Accurate Times |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Mystery of the Missing RAM |
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Sinclair QL |
| The NEC 3515 Printer |
I could not get a long document to print out at 9600 baud, nor at 1200 baud, but it did just fine at 300 baud. |
Sinclair QL |
| The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #1 |
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Sinclair QL |
| The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| The New QL II |
New QL may be on the way. |
Sinclair QL |
| The New Sinclair QL Computer |
Report on computer features based on the QL User’s Guide. |
Sinclair QL |
| The New Teac 3.2mb Disk Drives |
After recently adding a GOLD CARD to my QL system | began to think about taking advantage of the ability to use the new EXTRA HIGH DENSITY (ED) disk drives. Armed with my back issues of IQLR, I picked up a couple of computer magazines and started looking at ads that featured the 2.88 MB |
Sinclair QL |
| The North American QL Show in Bedford Mass. |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Oracle |
The Oracle isa pointer environment game for the QL that requires cleverness and cunning to solve an ancient puzzle. Itchy trigger fingers and fast reflexes are not needed. The object of the game is to set 72 tiles of various colors and containing different symbols on a playing board consisting of 96 squares while making |
Sinclair QL |
| The Other Shoe Drops |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Pascal Page |
In the first Pascal demonstrations and workshops we used a compiler called “QL Pascal” from Metacomco. This system provides a screen editor, a compiler, and a linker, each as a separate file. It takes two microdrive cartridges and an EPROM to run the system. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The PE - An Idiot's Guide |
This article is intended as a user’s guide to the Pointer Environment. Some astute readers may already have noticed the words an idiot’s guide – please don’t be offended – the idiot is me! |
Sinclair QL |
| The Plotter |
This program prints fancy patterns to the screen or to the EPSON HI-80 plotter. The patterns are based on CYCLOIDS, or the movements of a point on a spoke of a wheel turning within another wheel. Ап unlimited number of different patterns can be drawn by changing one or more parameters of the procedure PATTERN. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter User |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Problems I've Seen |
Dennis has asked me to add some comments about my experiences repairing QL motherboards. I haven’t taken detailed notes while making individual repairs so this will just be some general observations. Dennis follows a more structured approach than I do. However, his description of his work area fits mine as well. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Q(old_S)LAW Project |
Notes about a user survey project that netted only 2% response at that point. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL |
Discusses the Edit functions on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL and BCPL |
Some nine years ago, I bought my QL, for one-sixth of the original price. I found the name: Quantum Leap hardware wise not appropriate, but from the software point of view the QL was, and is a revelation. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL and the RGB Monitor |
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Sinclair QL |
| The QL at Work and QLAY |
Tariki is a 2nd generation ceramics studio that produces a wide range of stoneware art. We make everything from platters, bowls, garden tables, to large scale ceramic and steel sculptures. Tariki was created by my father in the mid fifties. He moved the studio to Meriden in 1961. The studio has a family tradition of |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Beginner Course |
If you have dug around as I have between the four sections in the back of the QL manual, you know that these books were not written in a 1, 2,3, sequence that lets you get right to it. I believe that, for this discussion, we should start with the printer itself. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Beginner's Column: "Software Dependant" Software |
Confused title? Nope! We need to understand that the bread and butter for QL computing are the many new softwares, American made, inexpensive, that depend upon the Psion group for operation |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Hacker's Journal |
The QL Hacker’s Journal (QHJ) is a relatively new publication for the QL (first issue: Jan. 1991). As editor of the CATS Newsletter, I felt that many of the programming articles I’d written, or wanted to write, would not interest the majority of the CATS readership. I realized the need of a forum where QL |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL In North America |
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Sinclair QL |
| The QL in Norway: N.A.S.A |
Have you ever heard of Norway? If your answer is no, please take a look at a map. You will find Norway to the northeast of the British Isles. By the way, there are no ice bears in the streets as far as I know! As you can see, Norway is a very small country, |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Library continues to grow |
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Sinclair QL |
| The QL Network device without ToolKit 2 |
Connect two QLs together. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL on Net |
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Sinclair QL |
| The QL Price Reduction |
Sunset reduces QL price to $299. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The QL Qorner |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The QL Report |
Volume 1, issue 3 of the short newsletter about the Sinclair QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Report |
Sinclair appoints authorized dealers in US. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Report from Curry Computer |
Review of QL software. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Section |
Sources of QL hardware and software. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL Users Corner |
QL will be discontinued. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL's Forbidden Byte |
Those of us who “cut our computer teeth” on the ZX80/81 learned quite early about the caveat that accompanied any use of CHR$ 118 when machine code was stored in REMs. Like the Cheshire cat, the line could disappear right before your eyes till nothing was left but the grin! The problem was that this |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Quanta AGM |
For many years I’ve read the various printed reports, seen the many pictures of smiling QL users and wished I could have been there. This year was different, I’m in some of those reports and pictures. Thanks to the urging of Stuart Honeyball of Miracle Systems, Quanta’s long-time treasurer John Taylor and many others, I |
Sinclair QL |
| The Quebec Link |
Program for 2068 that uses DEF FN to create an underline function. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| The Quebec Link |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Quebec Link |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Quebec Link |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Quebec Link |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Quebec Link |
This excerpt is from “The Quebec Link” column in the Sinc-Link Newsletter from the Toronto T/S Users Group. Default device on the QL Say you are writting a program and it is important to know from which device the user is running it. What can you do? If the user’s QL is equipped with TOOLKIT |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Release of Exchange |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Release of XCHANGE |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Reliable QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Return of 'Val' |
One of Sinclair Basics’ more valuable contributions to the BASIC language were the keyword VAL and VAL$. These permitted formulae to be entered as text strings and then be evaluated. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Russians are Coming! |
Andrew Lavrov and Anatoly Tishin, both from Russia, are planning to design and manufacture a very powerful Sinclair QL clone as soon as possible. The machine they have in mind will not only be able to clone the QL, but should be capable of cloning any other MC680xx-based computer as well (Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, |
Sinclair QL |
| The Schon Replacement Keyboard |
The SCHON replacement keyboard is supplied in two parts, the keyboard-circuit board, and a new case top that fits directly onto a standard QL base. A one page set of instructions is provided that are very clear and easy to follow, and it should not take more than 19 minutes to complete the exchange of |
Sinclair QL |
| The Serial Port BBS |
The Serial Port bulletin board has an active Timex/Sinclair SIG (Special Interest Group) area continuously since 1983. Recently, activity on the SIG has increased, matching the rebirth of the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Shape of Things to Come |
Finally, the QL is to get a major revamp of it’s graphics capability – rumours of this piece of hardware started a while back, when the Super Goldcard was still in development, and Stuart Honeyball himself finally put a stop to them – by making public the specifications – at the Reggio Emillia “Garage meeting’ |
Sinclair QL |
| The Shell |
While on the subject of Unix languages, Adrian Ives has continued the work of P. J. Taylor with The Shell, a command line shell for QDOS. Given my Unix background, I would say that The Shell is similar in functionality to Unix shells (C, Bourne, T, Korn). The Shell considers commands to be programs to |
Sinclair QL |
| The Sinclair QL |
Reprinted from BYTE UK. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Sinclair QL |
Letter from Donald Jones about upgraded power supply resolving problems. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Sinclair QL Returns |
At the beginning of 1980 Clive Sinclair started selling his first computer, the ZX80. The initial purpose was to take the technology of the day and make it affordable to everyone. By pushing that technology to it’s limits, the ZX80 exploded the limits of price/performance — a full powered computer that sold for less than |
Sinclair QL |
| The Sinclair Z88: Considerations for Peripheral Design |
Since the Z88 uses the Z-80 CPU, some of our better interfaces for the TS-2068 offer the prospects for easy adaptation to the Z88 by BUSS connector changes and re-work of chip addressing. Generally, the engineering has been accomplished for the Z-80 CPU and its 8 bit capability. One seemingly fruitful area is the disk |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Sound of Music |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The State of the Eight: 8-Bits Alive and Running |
In a classic scene from a popular Star Trek episode, Dr. “Bones” McCoy looks down at a crumpled mass of organic matter, which is really an alien life-form, momentarily stunned by a phaser pistol. After scanning the alien body, McCoy realizes that it’s still fully alive—even though it should have been killed instantly by the |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| The Story of "RAM" |
Anybody who is into computers these days is bound to hear things like dynamic RAM, cache RAM, video RAM, static RAM, dual port RAM. Almost anyone knows about RAM, but what are these strange words in front? What do they all mean? |
Sinclair QL |
| The Strange One |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Stripper |
No, this is a program to strip out control codes froma Quill _ DOC file leaving it with no end of line characters between paragraphs, turning it into a TRUE plain text file. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| The Super Gold Card |
OK the title is a little play on words. Miracle’s new Super Gold Card is quick! Even if you already have the original Gold Card, the Super Gold Card improves on it in many ways including speed, cpu, memory and additional features. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Super-QL: Using the Sinclair QL with 640K RAM |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Superior Access Corner |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Switch to Disk |
I originally bought the Sinclair QL computer in order to get a machine that had “real computer” features at a price I felt I could not refuse. This was in 1987 when IBM compats were selling for $2,000 or more and the market was saturated with game playing computers, such as the C-64 and various |
Sinclair QL |
| The Third North American QL Show |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Trump Card |
The Trump Card is simply the most useful single addition you get for the Sinclair QL. It combines a disk interface, 768 kilobyte RAM expansion, Toolkit II for SuperBASIC extensions, a screen dump, static and dynamic ramdisks and a dynamic printer buffer. When you consider that even the lowest cost 512 Kb RAM expansion and |
Sinclair QL |
| The Trump Card |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Trump Card |
The Trump Card combines a disk interface, 768K of RAM, Toolkit II for SuperBASIC, screen dump, static and dynamic RAM disks and a dynamic printer buffer. Reprinted from ZX-Appeal. |
Sinclair QL |
| The Versions of QPAC2, Thru December 1993 |
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Sinclair QL |
| The World Wide Web |
Many of you will have heard of the mainstream computers new madness, the World Wide Web. This little article is not intended to introduce you into the World Wide Web, but just give you a little overview of some of its possibilities. I’ll assume that you are connected to the ‘net’ and know how to |
Sinclair QL |
| The XChange Version of Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| The Xchange Version of Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| The ZM Spectrum Emulation Package |
A little more than a year ago, the Italian software house, Ergon Development started writing a program to emulate the Sinclair Spectrum 48K on the QL. The first version of the emulator was launched at the International QL meeting in Muenster – Germany, in March ’92. Other versions followed, with the very latest in January |
Sinclair QL |
| There's Bugs in My SuperBasic Part One |
Digital Precision has a sheet with the above-mentioned name that lists most known bugs and what the “fix” is for each, if any. We will list some of them in this Report and finish the list either next month or the month after. We hope it proves beneficial. |
Sinclair QL |
| There's Bugs in My SuperBasic Part Two |
This is the second and final part in a listing we received from Digital Precision that we started in last month’s issue. We hope you find it useful. |
Sinclair QL |
| Things in SMSQ/E (Part 1) |
As you probably know SMSQ/E contains lots of various Things. Some of the useful ones are explained in the SMSQ/E manual, and wherever an SBASIC call to any Thing exists it is documented. However, programmer’s information to the various Things might be useful, as well as a bit more detailed explanation. |
Sinclair QL |
| Things in SMSQ/E (Part 2) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Things to do With TK2 |
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Sinclair QL |
| This and That |
The Intergroup Freeware Exchange (IFE) library has at last count, grown to over 145 disks of Public Domain software. This library, (available on 31/2″ disks only), maintained by Franz Herrmann of Germany is a virtual treasure trove of programs, (many of which are commercial grade) from all over the world. Without a doubt this library |
Sinclair QL |
| Thor Notes |
Networking a Trump QL to Thor has proved to be a very nice combination. |
Sinclair QL |
| Thor XVI Support |
We’ve recently been reminded of the many unanswered complaints Thor owners have expressed, as well as their inability to get a response to their inquiries from Thor International. This is a world-wide problem, and there is some question as to whether Thor is still in business. Our telephone calls and letters have gone unanswered as |
Sinclair QL |
| Thoughts on "Improving the QL's Sound" |
1 would like to submit some thoughts regarding the article in the last issue of IQLR written by: John J. Impellizzeri “Improving The QL’s Sound”. It would be wise to insure that the amplifier and external speaker device be powered from a line transformer type of power supply. Some small and inexpensive amplifiers are line |
Sinclair QL |
| Thoughts on QL Repairs |
Those were interesting articles by Dennis Briggs and Don Walterman in the last issue of IQLR on QL repairs. Here are a few comments based on some 1300 QL repairs for customers. |
Sinclair QL |
| Tid Bits from the CATS BBS |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Tidbits |
The following short routines may be useful to you. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Tidbits |
The following constitute miscellaneous thoughts on how to (or, perhaps, not to) do things. I consider the first example to be an exercise in dangerous living, a disaster waiting to happen. I believe it is appropriately named. All that is required is some glitch just after the DELETE and all is lost! (I have actually |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Time Designs Tests |
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Sinclair QL |
| Time Designs Tests: QRAM, Archivist MP, Text87 & Mailbag |
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Sinclair QL |
| Time Designs Tests: Speedscreen, Flashback, Type 22 and Refield |
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Sinclair QL |
| Time Designs Tests: Tax-I-QL/87, PACIOLI and THE SPY |
Reviews of the programs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Timex Sinclair Survival Column |
At long last I have a new Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap) in front of me. In fact, this column is being written on it using the bundled word processing software. Available for a little more than a year in the United Kingdom, QLs are just now becoming readily available here in the United States. |
Sinclair QL |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Lambda 8300, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Lambda 8300, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Lambda 8300, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Lambda 8300, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex Tidbits |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex-Sinclair Survival Column |
A while ago I received a call from a fellow who is known on-line as Phoenix Pete. He explained that he and another Sinclair computerist were putting together a booklet that would cover the Sinclair online community. This booklet, Pete explained to me, was to list as many local bulletin boards as possible which contained-at |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Timex-Sinclair Survival Column |
In the past year we have mentioned SuperBASIC which is the language which comes built-in on the Sinclair QL. Starting this month we will si\tart looking at this programming language and how it is an improvement over BASIC as we have come to know it. Upon powerup of the QL, you have three active windows. |
Sinclair QL |
| Timex-Sinclair Survival Column |
In the last few articles we started looking at some of the features of the QL’s built-in programming language, SuperBASIC. So far, we have examined some of the most rudimentary capabilities of inputting data (and accessing that data), and printing information to the screen. However, those capabilities by themselves cannot create a useful program. This |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Tips/Tricks & Problem Solutions |
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Sinclair QL |
| TK2 - Network - Data_Use - Ser - Altkey |
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Sinclair QL |
| To Crash, But Not to Burn - Maybe |
In the last Newsletter I mentioned how Al Boehm happened to call me right after I had locked-up QUILL while “up scrolling”. He kindly gave me a short SuperBasic program which helped me to recover the text of the _doc that I was sure I had lost. His program allowed me to look through the |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Tom Robbins on Quanta |
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Sinclair QL |
| Tony Blizzard |
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Sinclair QL |
| Tony Blizzard |
Notes from a QL user. |
Sinclair QL |
| ToolKit II Demo |
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Sinclair QL |
| ToolKit II Tips |
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Sinclair QL |
| TOOLKIT II Tutorial - Part 3 |
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Sinclair QL |
| TOOLKIT II Tutorial - Part 4 |
Тһе QL was the first affordable computer to allow multitasking. It’s one of the many features that still sets it apart from the herd, and yet, is one of the most difficult to control satisfactorily on a standard machine. It is also one of the areas that most interests “Tinkerers’ like myself. |
Sinclair QL |
| TOOLKIT II Tutorial Part 1 |
TOOLKIT II is most likely, the widest held product ever developed for the QL. It can be found on disk interfaces, on ROM, and a configurable version on disk. It surely is a “must have” product, as it makes life a whole lot easier. As with most good things, there is something lacking, in this |
Sinclair QL |
| TOOLKIT II Tutorial Part 2 |
TKII improves file maintenance procedures in two ways. First, the existing commands COPY, DELETE, and DIR now use the default directories and secondly,the addition of wild card and overwrite operations significantly ease file handling. |
Sinclair QL |
| Toolkit II: Some Things It Can Do |
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Sinclair QL |
| TorQLib |
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Sinclair QL |
| Toward a New (QL) World Order |
I write many documents with text in columns and Quill isn’t much help in automatically rearranging text. have found that Abacus is a handy program with some word processing functions unavailable in Quill. |
Sinclair QL |
| Toward a New (QL) World Order |
1 write many documents with text in columns and QUILL isn’t much help in automatically rearranging text. I have found that ABACUS is a handy program with some word processing functions unavailable in QUILL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Tower Cased Super QL |
Qlympic Computer Systems of Germany, and COWO Electronics of Switzerland, have announced a SuperQL. The machine will consist of a standard QL motherboard, switching power supply, Gold Card, and Disk Drives, all packaged in a custom Tower Case. The production run is limited to 50 units world-wide, at a price of 900 Pounds Sterling. |
Sinclair QL |
| TRA_BAS 1.2 RS-232 Translation |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Transferring Files: 2068 to QL Volume 1 |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Translation of QL Programs |
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Sinclair QL |
| Translation of SuperBASIC into Fortran 77 |
In the last issue we looked at implementing some of the SuperBASIC maths functions and the majority of the memory manipulation routines, that are missing from FORTRAN 77 ie the PEEK and POKE functions and procedures. I also gave some insight as to what would be tackled next, namely the loop primitives, functions and procedures. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Translation Of SUPERBASIC To FORTRAN 77 |
As a gentle introduction, let me tell you how I came to write this article/note/letter, call it what you will! Earlier this year I received a phone call from, as he explained, Bob Dyl the publisher of IQLR concerning the QLEA ROM switch. Having got over the surprise of receiving a call from the U.S.A., |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Trouble-shooting the QL |
Hints on overcoming issues with faulty QL computers. |
Sinclair QL |
| Trump Card on QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Trump Card on the QL |
Well, here we go again! Al Feng said, “Ask Butch about the TRUMP Card”. Now you may not have to! The TRUMP Card that I use is a combination 768K memory board and disk interface. As with all QL disk interfaces, it plugs into the 64-way connector which is located behind a “trap door” on |
Sinclair QL |
| Trump Card User's Guide |
This series of articles will bring to light some of the very powerful features of the TRUMP CARD and TOOLKIT II via real usable examples. The articles may be assembled into a user guide at some future time, if enough interest is shown. |
Sinclair QL |
| TS Communique |
Change R67 on TS2068 to adjust output impedance of composite video out. Saving Tomahawk to disk. Joystick and printing problems. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS Communique |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| TS News |
More about the Sinclair QL. Brief mention of Memotech MTX-512. Software from JRC, Softsync, Apropos Technology. |
Sinclair QL |
| TS-2068/QL Tips |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Turbo 3 (Untold Stories) |
This column is intended to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported by individuals and suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Turbo and TurboPE |
In the May/June 2000 issue of QL Today, George Gwilt mentions that he has updated Turbo to work under SMSQ/E. He also mentions creating TurboPE, a Pointer Environment interface for Turbo. He does not go into any details nor give any code examples, so I can’t say how easy TurboPE will be to use over |
Sinclair QL |
| Turbo Compiler |
TURBO, the SuperBasic compiler, has been updated and released for almost a year. Simon Goodwin is the original author with a few others contributing to the final released product, by Digital Precision. George Gwilt has taken the source code and updated the program to work on the newer QDOS and SMSQ/E systems. TURBO comes in |
Sinclair QL |
| Turbo Config |
TURBO does not support standard Qjump Config Blocks. George Gwilt has created TURBO Config, a tool that allows Config blocks to be added to TURBO compiled programs. After creating some data statements that get merged with the source code, another tool takes the Config block information and adds it to the compiled program. T_CONFIG_DATA is |
Sinclair QL |
| Turbo Support Page |
To assist in the support of TURBO, I’ve created a TURBO Support Page on my web page. The page will list the various reported bugs to both TURBO and TURBO Toolkit. Each bug will list what it is, what platform the bug has been seen on (QDOS, SMSQ/E, etc), and the status of work on |
Sinclair QL |
| Turbo Utilities |
Another zip file contains a number of other TURBO utilites: LIBRARY MANAGER, DATASPACE and Utility_Task. The zip file does not come with documentation, and briefly explains the programs: LIBRARY MANAGER – pulls out procedures from large SuperBasic programs. DATASPACE – used to ajust the data space requirements in programs already compiled. Utility_task – Neat little |
Sinclair QL |
| TurboPTR |
TURBO is not compatible with all SuperBasic extensions, esp. those with array paramaters or return values through parameters. QPTR is one such set of extensions. So, to create Pointer Environment programs using TURBO, George Gwilt has written TurboPTR, which is a freeware replacement to QPTR. TurboPTR is comprised of the following elements: TPTR – a |
Sinclair QL |
| Turtle Graphics |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Turtle Graphics |
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Sinclair QL |
| Tweak & Tinker: QL Power Supply Unit |
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Sinclair QL |
| Twist_Q & Potpourri |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Two Ideas Go Under |
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Sinclair QL |
| Two More on RGB |
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Sinclair QL |
| Two References to Possible QL Keyboard Improvement |
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Sinclair QL |
| Two Tips |
Although disks are far more reliable mediums than microcartridges, who among disk drivers has not had the dreaded Bad Medium error message after trying to load/save a file? |
Sinclair QL |
| Ultrasoft GCK |
There are many toolkits in the market for the QL. All of them offer some amount of extensions dedicated to graphics. The Ultrasoft Graphic Construction Kit (GCK) is a newcomer that is entirely dedicated to graphics and offers several unique features compared to the others. |
Sinclair QL |
| Un Zippy Thoughts |
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Sinclair QL |
| Union City Man Conveys His Love For Computers |
About Tim Swenson. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Update - Everex Modems |
In previous issues we discussed the inexpensive Everex 2400 baud modems. I’d like to thank the many people who have let me know that they have been successfully using this modem with their QLs. |
Sinclair QL |
| Update to the Update |
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Sinclair QL |
| Updates |
Circulation level is at around 500 and building. All 50 U.S. States and all Canadian Provinces, plus three foreign Countries are represented. The breakdown of population is? 50% TS-2068, 50% Sinclair QL, 12% Cambridge Z88. About 70% use two or three of these Computers, and express their intent to continue to do so. Sinclair QL |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Upgrading Your QL |
Recommended hardware upgrades. |
Sinclair QL |
| User Group Update |
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Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| Using a Modem with the QL |
QL Modapator provides the special cable and software needed to interface a QL to a standard modem. |
Sinclair QL |
| Using Abacus to Prepare Data for Statistics Program |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using ALTKEY to create "macros" in Quill |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Archive: A Home Database "Tel" |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Using DEF FN and FN |
Given are three little example programs that mixes up a brew of ways to use DEF FN and FN. There are zillions of ways that the “DEFine” functions can be used for both math and literal operations. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Using Eye-Q and Imagix To Draw Lighthouses |
Enclosed you will find a few pictures showing the development of an idea, based on your Lighthouse. I have retained the QL in the light as I think that was an inspiration. |
Sinclair QL |
| Using FOP_OVER |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Internet File Formats on the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using My ED Disk Drives |
When the Miracle in Newport II was announced, I decided to go all out and upgrade my QL system. Part of my rationale was to be able to use an MS-DOS emulator allowing me to bring work home from the office. In the past, this was a painful endeavor. It was very cumbersome making ASCII |
Sinclair QL |
| Using Parallel Interface Printers with the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Parallel Interface Printers With the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Parallel Interface Printers With the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Pointers And Structures In The C-Programming Language |
This article is intended to emphasize the importance of pointers and structures in order to gain a better understanding of the C Programming Language. It is important to have a through understanding of this topic since many of the operations in C use these facilities. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Using QL C, Part 4: Using CRUN |
The Metacomco C package for the QL includes SuperBASIC extensions for emulating UNIX when running C programs. The commands are CRUN and CRUN_W. Two major features of the UNIX operating system are the ability to “redirect” the input and the output of a program, and the ability to read the arguments passed to a program. |
Sinclair QL |
| Using Quill ASCII Files in a DOS DTP |
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Sinclair QL |
| Using Quill for ASCII Files |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| VAL for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| Vaporware? |
In the first issue of IQLR, eighteen months ago, we encouraged QL users to support a new group being organized by Dr. Sohail S. Bhatti, to be known as the QL Advancement Working Group (QLAW). The stated goal of this group was to create a SuperQL by pooling resources. Included with the announcement was a |
Sinclair QL |
| Vector Characters |
There are basically two ways of drawing characters on a computer, pixel-based and vector-based. Pixel-based is what most computers use. The characters are stored in a binary bit pattern corresponding to On and Off pixels. The left character in the diagram is a pixel-based character. A pixel-based system is the easiest system to use with |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Vector-Based Characters |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Video Interface with QL Computer |
Notes on connecting TV or a variety of monitor types to the QL, along with generating the necessary signals. |
Sinclair QL |
| Viewing in Three Dimensions, Part I |
Displaying three dimensional figures using the computer has always fascinated me. It turns out there are many ways to “see” something in three dimensions using perspective, motion, shadows, etc. In a series of articles, I hope to share my explorations of these methods with you. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Visionmixer-1 |
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Sinclair QL |
| What is a RAM Disk? |
I’m often asked how to make a backup copy of a program when the user only has one disk drive. The simplest answer is to make a copy on a microdrive cartridge, then copy it back to the disk drive, onto another diskette. But what happens when the files are to large to fit on |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| What is New for the QL |
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Sinclair QL |
| What Use Is The QL In Education |
For over a year now I have had three QLs set up in my classroom at Chapel Hill High School where I teach introductory Spanish and am the speech and debate team coach. The QLs are expanded to at least 640K of RAM, have three and a half inch disk drives, and RGB monitors (2 |
Sinclair QL |
| What's New |
Update on the Spectrum 128K, TASWORD Three, computer astronomy newletter. |
Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Timex/Sinclair 1000, Timex/Sinclair 2068 |
| What's Up With Quantum Computing? Can You Get Your Money Back? |
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Sinclair QL |
| When It All Started |
A co-worker dropped a copy of an old PC World on my desk a few weeks ago, asking me if its date was about when the Sinclair QL was first introduced. The year on the magazine, 1984. Thumbing through the magazine, I found it interesting to compare where computer technology stood when the QL was |
Sinclair QL |
| When to Upgrade: The QL in Transition |
Upgrades to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| WHEN_ERROR |
The listing in the Atomic Powered QL, in the last issue, had an error. |
Sinclair QL |
| Where Do We Go From Here? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Whisper heard on the wind |
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Sinclair QL |
| Who was Who at the Festival |
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Sinclair QL |
| Why Buy a QL (or in the end, keep one) |
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Sinclair QL |
| Why Minerva? |
This question is asked over and over again. The simple answer would be in the form of another question. DO YOU WANT AN ENHANCED QL OPERATING SYSTEM??? If you answered in the affirmative, but require more, then read on. The Minerva ROM is available in two versions, the standard model is designated the MK I, |
Sinclair QL |
| Why the QL? |
Reasons not to give up on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Why the QL? Reasons Why You Should Take The Quantum Leap |
The Sinclair QL, with its compact and efficient keyboard console, its 32-bit CPU, its twin Microdrives, its excellent operating system and highly regarded SuperBASIC, its exceptional “bundled” software, its comprehensive user guide, and finally, its available hardware and software support, is a “best buy” by a considerable margin at $299. |
Sinclair QL |
| Why Use Archive? |
Twelve reasons to use Archive. |
Sinclair QL |
| Will Jackintosh Jump on QL? |
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Sinclair QL |
| Winback 2.20 |
This is IQLR’s second look at this valuable program. The first time it was reviewed, the hard disk being used was Miracle Systems. In this review, the hard disk is the JFC interface with Omti controller (versions of the JFC interface prior to 3.07 are not known to run with Winback). |
Sinclair QL |
| Winback Version 2.20 |
If you happen to own a Miracle hard drive or the new ED (3.2 meg) drives you’re going to eventually be looking at making backups of the files you’ve configured and use. As anyone who has used a computer knows….there always comes a time when something goes wrong. This may be as simple as a |
Sinclair QL |
| Wind Chill Chart |
Type-in program inspired by similar program in Computer Shopper. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Windex |
WINDEX is a collection of public domain programs to create a “word index” of any text file. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part I |
When programming, to get the full power out of your Sinclair QL one must learn how to effectively use its windows. Using the SuperBASIC commands can become tedious and slow. This series of four articles will develop a program to completely define any window giving all relevant facts about it. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part II |
In this article we will write and discuss the different functions that will be used. SuperBASIC gives us the ability to write very versatile, many variable functions which can do more than merely return a number. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Window Defining: A Program, Part III |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Windows Icon's and the QXL |
Those of you who have a PC with Windows installed may have noticed that switching between Windows programs and DOS programs can cause the PC to crash. This could hardly be called normal but is quite common. Part of the QXL software runs as a DOS program and so can suffer from this. The fix |
Sinclair QL |
| Word Wrap |
Now that I have an HP Deskjet 520 inkjet printer, I’m starting to think about what type of output I could do on it. I’ve found the price of any word processors that support it to be a bit too steep. I have rigged up Quill to support one of the fonts built into the |
Sinclair QL |
| Word-Wrap on QL |
Short program to wrap words within the window. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Working Directory |
As we all know, QDOS did not come with the concept of directories and subdirectories. A number of extensions to QDOS are available to help create the working concepts of directories. When using ED drives, I found the Path (PTH) extensions useful because they would search a list of subdirectories looking for a particular executable. |
Sinclair QL |
| Working with LineDesign Images Tip |
Transfer of MSDOS/Lotus data to QDOS/ Abacus files is a multi step procedure. It involves going through the MSDOS DBase (or similiar) database program. |
Sinclair QL |
| Working With Pascal Files |
A reader wrote this month with a problem that is certainly not unique to programmers who are trying to learn Pascal. His problem was how to do I/O. While I went over his sample code, I found a number of other basic errors, again of a type that are not uncommon to novices to this |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Writing A Pente Program For The QL |
First, let me introduce myself. I’m 25 years old, live in France (as I’m French) and have had a QL since 1986/87. My main use of the QL is games and game programming, so I’m very glad to have C68. My prefered type of game is one of reflexion and not dexterity (may be because |
Sinclair QL |
| XChange |
Following on from the rather successful launch of XCHANGE onto the public domain by this group our own Simon Goodwin has had some feedback concerning problems and modifications, he has shown me some additions and alterations which have made some improvements! I won’t at the moment go into what the changes are, because I want |
Sinclair QL |
| XChange Boot |
In correspondence with Ruth Fegley a member of the CATS group and IQLR subscriber, I stated that I would like to permanently change the default DATA drive from flp1_ to fip2_. Recently I received a note with a two line addition to the Xchange Boot program. Ruth stated that a member of CATS provided the |
Sinclair QL |
| Xchange Goes PD! |
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Sinclair QL |
| Xchange Introduction & Reference Information |
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Sinclair QL |
| Xchange Question Answered |
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Sinclair QL |
| Xchange: Complete program now in library |
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| XOPY |
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Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| XREF - A Review |
Review of a utility that helps programmers improve their Basic programs on the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| Xtricator - A Review |
Xtricator is a ZX81 emulator for the QL, In other words it allows the QL to emulate or act like its older brother, the ZX81 (TS1000 in the US). You may be wondering why someone would want to emulate the old ZX or how do you get a 68000 series CPU to run Z80 CPU |
Sinclair QL |
| Xtricator, Version 1.75 |
Review of the ZX-81 emulator by Carlo Delhez. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
| Yet Another Power Supply |
After reading Herb article on QL power supply modifications, I thought I would write up my alternate approach. I am currently powering a QL, Trump Card, Internal Mouse Interface and disk drive using the setup described below. The heat sinks and voltage regulators have been removed from both the QL and Trump Card since there |
Sinclair QL |
| Z88 Programs, Tips, and Other Useful Info |
This program can be used to send files to the Z88 from the QL, using the Import menu. I tried to use several methods of sending strings directly, but with my QL received too many bad characters in the Z88 file. Therefore this program sends the file character by character and even a small pause |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Z88 to QL Connections |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Z88 to QL Transfer Program |
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Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Z88 to Sinclair Transfer Link |
Review of program/cable to transfer files from Z88 to/from QL. |
Cambridge Z88, Sinclair QL |
| Zenith Monitor |
QL user recommends Zenith monitor and COPAL WriteHand model 1200 printer. |
Sinclair QL |
| Zip Code Printer Automation |
The April, 1991, issue of The DATA BUS from the Dayton Microcomputer Association had a BASIC listing to generate the Bar code at the bottom of the envelope. This code is called Post-Net code and is used by Post Office optical scanners to automatically direct mail. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| ZipaDee_Bas 1.105 |
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Sinclair QL |
| Zitasoft Programs |
Zitasoft has some new titles out we want to draw your attention to. A lot of you have heard of 4MATTER ond LOCKSMITHE. LOCKSMITHE will allow you to make on identical copy of practically any microdrive original cartridge. You would, in a lot of cases, still need to first make a backup and have an |
Sinclair QL |
| ZX81 & QL Regulator Bug |
Suggested solutions to power regulation problems in the ZX81/TS1000 and QL: add capacitors. |
Sinclair QL, Timex/Sinclair 1000 |
