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‘Hacker’ Dead, Long Live IQLR
The venerable ‘HACKER’ from Las Vegas Nevada published its last issue early this year.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
“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...
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1986
“Black Beauty”
Bob named it. After helping Don Walterman build and review the Falkenberg DIY kit to put a QL into a...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
“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....
March RenickInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
“PATHS” on the QL
Following on from the article above using the DEV device on Gold Cards to adapt software to run from subdirectories...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
“Thread Spooling” With the Cumana QL Disk Drive InterfaceTime Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
(Another) QXL Update
Version 2.31 of SMSQ, the “OXL” operating system has arrived. Programs written in SBasic can now be multitasked with each...
NESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
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...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
1992 QL LibrarySinc-LinkNovember/Decemember 1992
2 QL Jewels
Sound Experimentor and Easel Print.
Rob Miles
D. Duncan
CATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
2068 to QL Transfers
Methods of transferring files between the two computers.
The Data ExpansionJanuary 1988
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
3-D Wire Frame Graphics
The program listed below allows a person to define a 3-D object, draw it on the screen, and rotate it...
Tim SwensonTimelinezSeptember 1987
3-D Wire Frame Graphics
The program listed below allows a person to define a 3-D object, draw it on the screen, and rotate it...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
3-D Wire Frame Graphics
100 DiM vertex (100, 3) 110 DIM edge (200,2) 190 RESTORE 200 READ xcenter, ycenter 210 READ d1, d2, rot...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterDecember 1987
3-D Wire Frame Graphics
The program listed below allows a person to define a 3-D object, draw it on the screen, and rotate it...
Tim SwensonSLUG NewsletterNovember 1987
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...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
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...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
3D Terrain
3D Terrain, written by Ian Thompson and Rich Mellor, is a well thought out, addictive program, that takes data from...
Bob MalloyInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
A Beginner on the QL
I took the Quantum Leap! I liked the computer so much I bought the company! No, I didn’t have the...
SUMMarch 1986
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...
Tony TebbyInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
A Brief Note
As you can see by the size of this issue IQLR has had to cut back in the number of...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
A Capslock Indicator for the QLUpdate MagazineApril 1989
A Checkbook Program Using AbacusCharles ReiseCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
A Composite Booster
Consider using a VCR dubbing enhancer to boost video signal output.
Update MagazineApril 1992
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
A Cure for OverheatingZX-AppealFebruary 1989
A Cure for OverheatingLISTing NewsletterMarch 1992
A Data Acquisition System for the QL
Brief description of the system.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1988
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...
John DonaldsonNite-Times NewsMay/June 1995
A Directory Printer
If you have just a few files on, say, flpl, a quick and dirty hard copy of the directory could...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
A File Printer
This program grew out of a want for neatly paged, dated, and identified file printouts. The original version handled only...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
A Full Window Directory for the Sinclair QLSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
A Future for the QL
As you may have heard by now, we (PROGS) are working on a new windowing environment for the QL :...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
A Hot QL FixThe PlotterApril 1990
A Hot QL FixThe PlotterJune 1990
A Letter from England
A UK-based correspondent surveys the current QL hardware and software landscape in Britain and Europe, covering products such as the...
Chris FowlerThe RAMTOPSummer 1993
A Little More on the MS DOS Emulator for the QL ComputerSMUG BytesJanuary 1990
A Mail File in Archive
Create a simple database.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
A New House for the QLCATS NewsletterMarch - April 1996
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...
LeBaron WashingtonInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
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...
LeBaron WashingtonCATS NewsletterMarch - April 1996
A New QL Emulator for the MacThe RAMTOPWinter 1997
A New QL MagazineThe PlotterSeptember 1986
A Note from DI-RENRobin BarkerInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
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...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMarch 1991
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...
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
A Previously Undocumented Feature in QLuMSi DOS v4.30Nite-Times NewsMarch - April 1994
A Primer for Using a QL-Mutilator
MS-DOS conventions for QL users.
Update MagazineApril 1990
A Private Library
OK bunky, so you’ve fought your way through the BBS and gotten to the QL program area – WHAT do...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMay 1991
A QL Address File
A simple address database program presented as a tutorial.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
A QL Auto-Loader
By using the storage device for conversion of directory information to data which can be loaded back into array cl$()....
Update MagazineJuly 1989
A QL Index Program
When you want to repeat something in Superbasic, the easy way is to englobe everything in a REPeat END REPeat...
Update MagazineApril 1989
A QL LList UtilityUpdate MagazineApril 1989
A QL Printing Primer
Here is a little tutorial for setting up the QL to print to paper “without a word processor”. It does...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
A QL Spreadsheet Matrix
Creating a spreadsheet template in Abacus.
Update MagazineApril 1990
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...
CATS NewsletterApril 1989
A Reflection – Editor SE
While reviewing the fourth installment of The EDITOR SE, I realized that a screen dump containing the listing of the...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
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...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
A Review of Banter, the Banner MakerUpdate MagazineJuly 1995
A Review of QLerkUpdate MagazineOctober 1994
A Review of Sidewriter
The Sidewriter documentation makes modest sounding claims: Sidewriter prints spreadsheet files (exported from Abacus to Quill) or plain text files...
Doug LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
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...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
A Selective Menu-Loader
Program for the QL.
Update MagazineApril 1992
A SERMouse Adapter
Sometime ago, having been encouraged by John Impellizzeri’s review of SERMouse, I took the plunge and bought a serial mouse...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
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...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
A Simple Morse Decoder for the QL
Program to decode morse off the network port.
QZXMarch 1988
A Sinclair QL Programmer’s Comparison
For MS-DOS programmers that never programmed on a Sinclair QL.
The Sinc Times (2)August 1987
A Streamlined BootCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
A Supplier Responds
I would like to add to Doug LaVernes test of Black Knight which appeared in volume 4 issue 2 of...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
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...
Lee GaymanCATS NewsletterApril 1991
A Tip for QL Owners
One user found out the hard way that the QL chassis is grounded, resulting in blown video output.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1988
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1995
A Visit to QBoxCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1995
A Visit to QBox!CATS NewsletterJuly - August 1995
A Visit to the StippleCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
A-B Boxes and other Ramblings
DIY switch boxes for disk drives.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
A-Dee-Doo-Dah: A Front-End for the Unzip UtilityUpdate MagazineJanuary 1994
Abacus – The Word Processor
I need Columns of Text. I need Columns that stay put when other Text is moved around them. I need...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Abacus Info
We haven’t mentioned much about QLSS or Abacus. We want to draw your attention to some of the nicer features...
QL ReportOctober 1988
ABC PC Keyboard InterfaceThe PlotterNovember 1989
About Tooklit II
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Anyone...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
About TOOLKIT II
Are there any QL owners who if they don’t have TK2, have not been strongly advised to get it? Article...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1988
Accelerating Abacus
Techniques for making the program faster.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1996
Accessing PRINTER_DAT
This article sets out to explain the file structure of the PRINTER_DAT printer driver used by Quill, Archive and Abacus....
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Across the Pond
QL issues and support. War in the East game, written by Mark Stueber, ported to QL. Robert Fingerle, of Tesseract...
ZX ComputingAugust 1986
Across the Pond
Launch of the QL in the US. Describes the QL hardware and software, compares it to other current options, including...
ZX ComputingMay 1986
Across the Pond
Look back on 1986. Introduction of QL. Second Midwest computer Fest. QL Talker, a speech synthesizer that connects to the...
ZX ComputingFebruary 1987
Across the Pond
Describes how news of Amstrad’s buyout of Sinclair has impacted the American scene. Carol and George Whitham, who founded A+...
ZX ComputingJuly 1986
Add an On/Off Switch to Your QLLISTing NewsletterApril 1988
Add an ON/OFF Switch to Your QLSinc-LinkJuly/August 1988
Add an On/Off Switch to Your QLCATS NewsletterDecember 1987
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,...
John RileyCATS NewsletterMarch 1990
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1998
Adding Fields in Archive
We have a tip that may help some of you who are just starting to create dbf files with ARCHIVE....
QL ReportOctober 1988
Adding Ports to your QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1992
Adding Ports to Your QLCATS NewsletterJune 1993
Additions to CATS QL LibraryCATS NewsletterMay 1992
Additions to the QL Library
Over the years I have written a number of useful programs for the QL. Some of them I have used...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJuly 1990
Address: QL Archive ProgramHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterMarch-April 1989
Addressing Devices in Pascal
Pascal is a language that was designed to work with files, rather than channels (as BASIC does). In general terms,...
Mel MacKaronQL ReportJuly 15, 1987
Adjust Dataspace PleaseZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1994
Adjusting EaselLISTing NewsletterApril 1992
After a year’s delay – the QL is officially here!
Announcement of September 2, 1985 launch of the Sinclair QL.
Hampton Roads T/S User Group NewsletterOctober 1985
AI Application to be Implemented in QL
Sinclair Research just announced a medical advisor package now being written for the QL.
SyntaxJune 1984
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...
Charles Hank DicksonCATS NewsletterMarch 1991
Alarm Kill
A short program to kill any alarms.
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
ALT(ernatives)
1 enjoyed Bill Cable’s recent article on using Windex to index a long Quill document. Every time I follow one...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Alternative to True Multitasking
n the March 1995 issue of QREVIEW there appeared an article titled “BEYOND QUILL” that expressed the sentiment regarding whole...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
ALTKEY BootSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Altkeys to BootHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterMarch-April 1989
Amadeus Interlink
I have been requested to put together some details for IQLR regarding our new Amadeus Interlink system. Rather than re-writing...
International QL ReportMay/June 1994
Amendments to the Trump Card User ManualISTUG NewsletterJuly - August 1989
American Micro Systems catalog
QL and Z88 hardware and software available.
TS BulletinJanuary 1990
American Micro Systems QL and Z-88 Product Catalogue
Reprints the product catalog from American Micro Systems, San Jose CA (listed in TimeLinez), covering QL hardware and software: ROM...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinJanuary 1990
An ABACUS Without Beads
Mention the wood “Spreadsheet” to the experienced computer user and he will immediately think of a programme for displaying, analysing...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
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...
John TaylorInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
An Appreciation
Qdos to Will Horton and Mike Jonas for their articulate and detailed talk on the “C” language in October. Special...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
An Author’s Response
As the author of WinBack, | read with interest the review of version 2.20 by Don Walterman, in volume 3,...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1994
An Author’s Response
The recent review of QINDEX (Vol. 3 Issue 6) contains some errors, possibly due to not understanding the manual properly...
International QL ReportMay/June 1994
An Introduction to PC-Conqueror
Review of the MS-DOS emulator for the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Announcements
Quantum Levels magazines ending publishing. New issue disks.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Another Look At Mazes
In QHJ #12 there was an article on Cellular Automata that discussed how CA could be used to quickly and...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1993
Another Miracle?
The long awaited, long rumored Graphics Card from Miracle Systems, may finally be a reality.
NESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Another QL Beginner TipsterUpdate MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1992
Approximate String Matching
In past issues, string matching has been a reaccuring theme. In the April 1994 issue of “C Users Journal” there...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1994
Archive Character Codes
Few who use Psion’s Archive realize that it redefines many of the codes in the character set. The following Archive...
Peter HaleCATS NewsletterApril 1989
Archive Character CodesPeter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Archive Fields: How to Rename or Change or Add a FieldSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
Archive Find-Search-Select
Short article of QL tips by a novice, copied from Quanta newsletter, with commentary.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December
Archive Housekeeping
How to perform garbage collection on an Archive file.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
Archive Indent
I have always thought that Archive has always been one of the underrated programming languages for the QL. When I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Archive Made Easy
Intro to using Archive.
Update MagazineApril 1992
Archive PrimerNite-Times NewsNovember - December 1990
Archive Series – Part 1: Database Concepts
Databases for novices.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Archive Series – Part 2: Archive Data Structure, The Good and The Bad
More basics of databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Archive Series – Part 4: Create, Open, Insert Commands
Creating and adding information to an Archive database.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Archive Series – Part 5: Alter and Delete Commands
Further exploration of Archive.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Archive to DBase
For a starting point in understanding the import/export file structure, refer to the INFORMATION section of the QL manual –...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Archive: The Final Frontier
Intro to Archive.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Are You a ‘Quanta’?
“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Areas Calculator
IMAGE D is a program that allows the user to create a three dimensional object and then manipulate that object...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Arithmetic: An Arithmetic Drill Program for the QL
A program designed to aid children in learning arithmetic.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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...
Doug LaVerneInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1995
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Artificial Intelligence on the QLCATS NewsletterDecember 1984
Ascii Dump
In writing strip_c and converting the file to an ascii file, I needed to know what ascii characters were in...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1992
Assembly Language and Hardware Notes
Commentary on machine code and assembly language articles in Vancouver TSUG newsletter: V. Lee’s ongoing TS2068 assembly language series, and...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinJanuary 1990
Atomic Powered QLLISTing NewsletterApril 1988
Attention QCode Users
l recently made a discovery while considering the alteration of the terminal code, so | could have a carriage return...
Marshall StilesQL ReportDecember 1988
Awari
Many years ago I keypunched at T/S 1000 game of AWARI from Sync Magazine. It is an ancient African game...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
AWK
AWK has been ported to the QL by Peter Tillier and is a Unix language that is used for all...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1998
Backups QL Copies
How often have I wished that my BACKUP disk was EXACTLY the same as the ORIGINAL disk! Апd would perform...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
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...
NESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Bad QL Membranes Crisis Intervention
How to repair or replace broken keyboard membranes.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1991
Banter – A Banner Program
Some time ago, I was approached by my young daughter who wanted to produce banners on the QL. Unfortunately there...
Roy ArsenaultInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Base Conversion
In some postings in on Usenet, there have been some conversations about converting from different bases. I found this task...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1993
Basic Archive
ARCHIVE, as everyone knows, is a very powerful database. Unfortunately, it is only as powerful as you are a programmer....
QL ReportOctober 15, 1987
BASIC CPORT – A Review
Up until now it has been “long time no C” for SuperBASIC programmers. But now through the aid of CPORT,...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
BASIC: Code to Crunch FileTimelinezJuly - December 1990
Bedford: Baffled, Booted and BenefittedCATS NewsletterFebruary 1997
Befunge
I recently found a new language that has an implementation that will run on the QL – Befunge. Befunge is...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 2000
Beginner’s Programming, All ComputersUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
Beginners Corner: Elementary ProgrammingSinc-LinkMay/June 1992
Beginners Don’t Know What (it is) They Don’t KnowSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
Beginning With Quill Word ProcessingSUMJanuary 1986
Behind the Mask: The Logic of ArchiveCATS NewsletterOctober 1987
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...
Robert HartungComputer Trader MagazineSeptember 1986
BetterBasic And CrossRef
BetterBasic and CrossRef are two SuperBasic programming utilities written by Chas Dillon (of THE EDITOR fame). Chas has released these...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Bi-Col TipNite-Times NewsMay - June 1992
Big Numbers
Jon Bently writes a column called “Software Explorations” for the magazine Unix Review. In the November 1994 issue, Jon discusses...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
Bill on QLSMUG BytesMay 1988
Bill on QLSMUG BytesJune 1988
Bill on QL BasicSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
Bill on QL BasicSMUG BytesFebruary 1989
Bill on QL BasicSMUG BytesMarch 1989
Bill on QL BasicSMUG BytesApril 1989
Bits & BytesThe PlotterDecember 1985
Bits & BytesThe PlotterJanuary 1985
Bits & BytesThe PlotterOctober 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterNovember 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterDecember 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterMarch 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterMay 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterJune 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterJuly - August 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterSeptember 1986
Bits & BytesThe PlotterJanuary 1987
Bits & BytesThe PlotterFebruary 1987
Bits & BytesThe PlotterJune - July 1987
Bits & BytesThe PlotterAugust 1987
Bits & BytesThe PlotterOctober 1988
Bits & BytesThe PlotterNovember 1988
Bits & BytesThe PlotterMay 1988
Bits & BytesThe PlotterSeptember 1988
Bits & BytesThe PlotterFebruary 1989
Bits & BytesThe PlotterApril 1989
Bits & BytesThe PlotterMay 1989
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealJanuary 1987
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealJune 1988
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealNovember 1986
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealOctober 1989
Bits & PiecesZX-AppealSummer 1988
Bits & PiecesSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
Bits and Bytes
Resetting the joystick port on the TS 2068 with a SOUND command. Machine language routine for TS 1000 to clear...
QZXApril 1988
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...
QZXMarch 1988
Bits and PiecesJochen MerzInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Bits and Pieces
We have some items we want to mention. Brett Lidstone in Canada is having problems connecting a Hayes 300/1200 baud...
QL ReportOctober 15, 1987
Black Box Notes
Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Black Box Notes II
We recently saw an advert for an all black computer (MicroTech Computer) that advertises “State of the Art Computer Systems...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Black Components
With interest in Black systems at a high level (even in the PC world), a number of readers have asked...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
BlackKnight v1.1
BlackKnight is a chess-playing program for QDOS and compatibles. It is written by Francois Lanciault of Quebec and distributed by...
Doug LaVerneInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
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...
Doug LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
BLANK_EXELISTing NewsletterAugust 1991
Block Printing, Saving, and Loading with Quill
How to extract and work with a small block of text in Quill.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1987
Book Review
Taking the Quantum Leap by Mike de Sosa. Taking the Quantum Leap is a professional trainer’s rewrite of the User...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
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...
CATS NewsletterJuly 1987
Book Review: Taking the Quantum Leap
Review of Mike de Sosa’s book.
The Sinc Times (2)August 1987
Boot Up Reminder
Productivity tools for the QL are far and few between. On the PC, there is a dearth of these tools;...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
Bootsort Without TK2Update MagazineApril 1992
BOSTUG, TSUG has mutated
Closing down as a special interest group; restarting as New England QL User Group.
TS BulletinMarch 1990
Brussels and London Shows
This report comes from an American who had the fortunate coincidence to take a European vacation and be able to...
Claude SchleyerInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Build Your QL Expert System
With this issue, the 1980’s Era of Computer Discovery comes to a close. Sad, but true. See ‘From The Publisher’s...
Quantum Levels
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...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1992
Buyer Beware
It has come to our attention that a North American QL group, or individuals from within the group, are offering...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1991
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 Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
C Beautifier
The C User’s Group has disk full of C programs that have been written for portability. One of these programs...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalFebruary 1991
C Compiler Comparison
A while back I was thinking about the two C compilers available for the QL. The Small C compiler is...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1991
C Portability
This article is dedicated to show some rather randomly chosen aspects of portable programming with C68 on the QL. A...
QL Hacker’s JournalApril 1994
C Program for Sinclair QL and IBM PCThe PlotterFebruary 1986
C68 Compiler Benchmarks
In QHJ #3, I reported on some benchmarks that I ran on Lattice C and Small-C. Now that I had...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
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...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
Cable Column
I was pleased to see that in the October & November issues of QL World they gave considerable space to...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Cable Column
This issue of UPDATE initiates me as the QL Editor. I am happy to assist Bill Jones in producing this...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Cable Column
Archive series part 22: error handling in Archive with Errnum() function and Error command.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
Cable Column
Is Archive a relational database?
Update MagazineApril 1996
Cable Column
Solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle with Archive.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
Cable Column
IF and ALL and MODE commands.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
Cable Column
Update and While commands and introducing the “P” word.
Update MagazineJuly 1992
Cable Column
Order and Select commands in Archive.
Update MagazineApril 1992
Cable Column
Order, Locate, Reset commands in Archive.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Cable Column
Find, Search, Continue commands.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
Cable Column
Backup strategies to prevent data loss.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
Cable Column
PRINT and LPRINT commands with an overview of all input/output commands.
Update MagazineJanuary 1993
Cable Column
Bycol – a program for displaying and printing databases by columns.
Update MagazineJuly 1995
Cable Column
More on linking databases together and using Sedit.
Update MagazineApril 1995
Cable Column
Using keys to link databases together and other handy tricks.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
Cable Column
FormEd – A form editor and printer for Archive databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1994
Cable Column
FormEd – a form editor and printer for Archive databases.
Update MagazineJuly 1994
Cable Column
A review – describing how to use some recently introduced procedures.
Update MagazineApril 1994
Cable Column
Entering Query – a program to interrogate any Archive database.
Update MagazineJanuary 1994
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineOctober 1993
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineJuly 1993
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineApril 1993
Cable Column: QL – Archive – PC
Databases, transferring to PC.
Update MagazineApril 1990
Can NASQLUG Take Up the Slack?ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003
Caps lock indicator for QuillThe RAMTOPSummer 1989
Caracteres Francais dan Front Page
To get French characters in FONT PAGE, load the ACCENT_FNT file, the “CHARSET” to use is ALT.
SINAugust-September 1987
Carolyn Was Great!
Report on Carolyn Robbin’s tutorial on Archive.
CATS NewsletterJune 1992
Case Statement Implementation
When I recently was working on SSB 2.6, I was using a SuperBasic implementation of a CASE structure for the...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
CAT Prints on Your QL
Make hard copies of file directories
Update MagazineApril 1989
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...
Charles Hank DicksonCATS NewsletterAugust 1989
Caveat Emptor
Information about the QL gleaned from UK magazines.
SynapseJanuary/February 1986
CD_PLAYER_BAS
I was interested to read the discussion of tape backup and CD player control in volume 5 issue 2 of...
Simon GoodwinInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
CDIR Directory PrinterSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
CDROM on a QXL
Before my life as a computer tech head started, I had a distrust of computers. Those things that could file...
Dennis DonahueInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Cellular Automata
Back in college, I was short 1/2 a unit from graduating. To make up the unit, I enrolled in a...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1991
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...
Taylor PenroseInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Changes for QLUSTer 4.370Nite-Times NewsJuly - August 1992
Changing the Name of a DiskSinc-LinkMarch/April 1990
Chaos
Continued from last month.
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterApril 1991
ChaosThe PlotterApril 1989
Chaos Program #2 from Scientific American
Second QL chaos program adapted from Scientific American, implementing a chaotic attractor with parameters a=2.24, b=0.43, c=-0.85, d=3.4. Colors plotted...
Mark WahlTimelinezJuly-December 1989
Chatter About TorQLib D-DumpSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1992
Check Book Balancer
Program that leverages Abacus to balance a checkbook.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
CirclesThe PlotterOctober 1990
Circuit CircusSWYMOctober 1990
Circuit Circus
Excerpted from SWYM Newsletter, Seattle Sinclair Users Group. Sync inverter for QL, load fix for ZX81/TS1000, TOS power supply, modem...
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Clavier.ExeSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
Cleanup/Backup para el QLZX-AppealSeptember 1987
Clocks, Clocks, Clocks!
As the title suggests, this article is about clocks. When I initially plugged in my Gold Card, and Minerva ROM...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
Clouds on a QL
Al Boehm uses his QL at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory and takes it on trips to demonstrate the results...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
Club QL International
We recently received a copy (hardcopy) of an interesting free newsletter called Club QL International edited by Mike Kenneally, 6...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
CLUSTERTimelinezOctober - November 1987
Columnifying Quill
The trouble with having been a working programmer in one’s youth is that you spend the rest of your life...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
CombinationThe PlotterApril 1988
Commands without Numbers
The QL has several ways of accepting SuperBASIC commands. The most often thought of method is a program with the...
Marshall StilesQL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
Communicating with Suppliers
At one time or another, you might find an occasion to write or telephone a supplier. As many QL suppliers...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1991
Communications
I recently received a disk from Don Walterman with the latest versions of Q.E.M. (v2.30), release 2 of Unzip (file...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Complex ASCII Rotation
While reading one of the many computer magazines that I read in a month (got to have something to do...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1994
Complex ASCII RotationZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1994
Composite Color on the QLLISTing NewsletterOctober 1989
Computer Meandering
Notes on the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Computers 101 (An Addendum)International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
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...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Concorde
In the December 93 issue of IQLR (vol. 3 issue 4) Bill Cable describes a group of programs for building...
International QL ReportMay/June 1994
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...
Sherm WatermanInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
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.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Conqueror Gold S/E
I came to the Gold Special Edition of PC Conqueror after using the older PC Conqueror for some time, mainly...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Constructing a Spell Checker
A spell checker is usually comprised of two parts: 1) word lookup (to see if a word is spelled correctly)...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1996
Contest Nears Conclusion
60+ contestants who submitted over 80 programs to the Big Contest; Timex 2068 disk drive has been submitted to the...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
Contest Program — Attendance Tracker, Part 1
First installment of a QL SuperBASIC attendance-tracking program submitted as a SMUG programming contest entry. Tracks monthly attendance for up...
Bill HeberleinSMUG BytesJune 1991
Contest Program — Attendance Tracker, Part 2
Continuation of the QL SuperBASIC attendance-tracking program from v8 n6; covering lines 2050 through 14000+, including display and print routines,...
Bill HeberleinSMUG BytesJuly 1991
Contest Program — Attendance Tracker, Part 3
Final installment of the QL SuperBASIC attendance-tracking program; covering lines 15000 through 17180+, including routines to delete records by number,...
Bill HeberleinSMUG BytesAugust 1991
Continuing Rumors
From the Italian QL Show held in January, comes information on the Miracle Graphics Card. It will have two NEW...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
Continuing Rumors!
The rumors concerning MIRACLE SYSTEMS and their secret GRAPHICS CARD project continue to grow. A reliable source has reported to...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
Conversation with Jochen Merz
In a recent conversation with JOCHEN MERZ of Germany, he extolled the virtues of a NEW program named “QDESIGN”. He...
International QL Report
Convert PCX
This useful program converts PC clipart for use on the QL. It converts PC graphics from bit mapped “PCX” format...
Claude SchleyerInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Converting File Formats
As the author of a number of QL programs, I recognise the need for a clear, concise and well laid...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
Core War
In May 1984 issue of Scientific American, A. K. Dewdney in his Computer Recreations column describes a game called Core...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterApril 1989
Core War for QL
Documentation and SuperBASIC listing for a Core War game implementation on the Sinclair QL, in which competing programs battle for...
Tim SwensonTimelinezFebruary 1989
Core Wars
A while back I took a week off from work to spend time at home finishing some programming projects (hey,...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1992
Corewar
In May 1984 issue of Scientific American, A. K. Dewdney in his Computer Recreations column describes a game called Core...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
Corrected QL Membrane MatrixUpdate MagazineOctober 1992
Correction
Issue #1 of IQLR contained a program listing for DIRECTORY-DEVICES. Unfortunately the listing acquired an error when I typed in...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
CORRECTION
In the last issue of IQLR (#4) there was a typographical error in the Assembly Language listing in Will Horton’s...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Correction for JOS
Corrections to bugs in previously published program.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
Cosmos: QL Software ReviewTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1986
CQ QL SOSSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Crackle, Crash, QL Bashed!
Some of us, who have visited Tom Bent at home, are greeted by him in bare feet. He explains, “I...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterAugust 1990
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
CRYPT
My brother is an accountant and in the course of his work handles a great deal of confidential information about...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
CST THOR Support
We recently received a flyer from COWO ELECTRONIC, in Sursee, Switzerland expressing their continued support of the THOR range of...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Cueshell
Cueshell bills itself as the “Desktop Program’. I have found it a very useful complement to QPAC2. As I’m still...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Cumana InterfaceSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
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...
CATS NewsletterApril 1990
CYA Workshop
Coming sessions will be hands-on workouts on inputting, manipulating, transferring, and copying each others data files.
CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
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,...
International QL Report
D.I.Y. Keyboard
Since on interest had been expressed in a lower priced replacement keyboard for the QL, I determined to attempt to...
James CookQL ReportAugust 15, 1987
Database Management on the Sinclair QLCATS NewsletterMay 1987
Databases And Bitmaps
I read an interesting article that introduced the idea of using bitmaps in implementing a database. I don’t know if...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Databases and MapsCATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1996
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
DBAS
For most database programming, the QL programmer has been pretty much stuck with Archive. Archive is a fine language and...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
DBEasy – New Version 1.6 ReviewZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1996
DBEasy v1.6 – A New Version ReviewNite-Times NewsSummer 1996
DBEasy’s EASY_OUT_CUSTOMZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
Dealing With Exchange: FoldersCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1995
Dear QTS
Letters from R. L. Pace, Roald Schrack, Robert Hartung, Armand Drucker, E. F. Davis.
Bill Johnson
R. L. Pace
Armand Drucker
Robert Hartung
Roald Schrack
QuarTerSWinter 1986
Decoding CompuServe’s Run-Length-Encoded Graphics on the Sinclair QL
A SuperBASIC program for the Sinclair QL to display off-line CompuServe RLE (Run-Length-Encoded) graphics files. Explains how to download files...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezJune 1986
DEFine TEMPoraryNite-Times NewsAugust 1987
Descriptive DirectoriesCATS NewsletterJanuary 1993
Designing Windows
Program for determining window sizes.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
Deskjet Print Filter
Once I got my DeskJet printer, I wanted to be able to produce nice looking text output. Quill and other...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Deskjet-A5
A4 size pages of text (or American near equivalent), to A5 size, side by side in landscape format. It does...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Desktop Helpful Hints
We are very much indebted to Joe Morris for his simple but overlooked advice on making it easier to import...
James CookQL ReportAugust 15, 1987
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...
Rich BazanQL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing is one of the hot personal computer areas these days. Computer magazines are filled with dtp ads. We...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterSeptember 1988
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...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
Dice Percentages
I’m still distracted by my other hobby, wargaming. In tying the two together, I thought about dice, percentages, and To-Hit...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
Did ‘Ja Know?
This Column is the direct result of some comments that my earlier tidbits in Ramblings have indeed been useful –...
Ruth FegleyCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Did’Ja KnowCATS NewsletterSeptember 1992
Digital Alarm Clock for QLersSinc-LinkMay/June 1989
Dilwyn Jones Computing
A POTTED HISTORY OF MY COMPANY AND I! My involvement with Sinclair computers goes back to the very early days...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
Director’s Column
Maggie Bruzelius, executive VP of the US branch of Sinclair Research, resigned July 20, 1984, to take a position with...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterAugust 1984
Directory Device
Directory-devices are all devices which allow the storing of data with a name (for instance: MDV, FLP, RAM, WIN, FDK…)....
International QL Report
Directory Into Memory
I have seen a number of programs using a microdrive file containing a directory listing. The problem is copying, deleting,...
Marshall StilesQL ReportDecember 15, 1986
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Directory to PrinterZX-AppealSummer 1990
Directory to PrinterNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1990
Directory to Printer PDS DOC
Information about a SuperBASIC utility to send directory listing to the printer.
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1991
Disk Copy ProbemSinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
Disk Drive Cable Extender
The DISK DRIVE CABLE EXTENDER is a product that came about out of necessity. After hasseling with the tight cable...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
Disk Droppings
Notes from a long-term user on the QL.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1987
Disk Eraser
In one of my program idea brainstorming sessions, I came up with the idea of writing a program to completely...
Tim Swenson
Herb Schaaf
QL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
Disk Mate – A Review
DISK Mate is a menu driven disk utility for files and disks, by Pal Monstad of NASA Computing, Norway. The...
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
Disk Mate 4Update MagazineJanuary 1995
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...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1996
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Diskinfo
This program started out as an attempt to examine a disk with corrupted files. The problem may have been with...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalFebruary 1991
Disks & Memory for the QLSUMFebruary 1986
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....
Jeffrey KuhlmannQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
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...
Jeffrey KuhlmannQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
DJToolkit – A Review
Let me start with a few historical notes. During the development of the QL, much effort was devoted to keeping...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
DO FILE Commands
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
Does QL Stand for Quite Late?Timex Sinclair Users Group Of Cincinnati NewsletterMay 1984
DooDah Correction
Correction to program that appeared in an earlier issue.
Update MagazineApril 1994
Down Under ReportZX-AppealJanuary 1989
Drop Down MenusNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1989
Dust Covers
Awhile back, IQLR subscriber Kenton Garrett of Lansing, Kansas, USA raved about a company he’d found in Florida that manufactured...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1992
Dutch Connection 2
Last issue Mark Martin reported on a Dutch BBS that was being run on a QL. I forgot to mention...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
Dynamic Windows – Another Approach
In a back issue of the QHJ I wrote a SuperBasic program that saves a section of the screen to...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
Easel FormulasCATS NewsletterJuly 1988
Easel PortraitsCATS NewsletterApril 1988
Easy NETworking
Amongst the QL fraternity there are a lot of users about with more than one QL or QXL who have...
Stuart HoneyballInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1993
Editor SE (Part 1)
My affiliation with The Editor and Editor SE started in 1987. I had heard so much about this terrific program...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Editor SE (Part 2)
n the first installment of this Editor series I explained how to write command files and outlined the Editor HELP...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Editor’s Corner
QL news,
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1986
Editor’s Corner
The editor recounts purchasing a Sinclair QL from Quantum Computing and reflects on the capabilities of the TS 2068 compared...
Steve BergThe Sinc TimesFebruary 1987
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
Editor’s Forum
This issue is the second issue to take 3 months to come out. I had not planned on a quarterly...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalSeptember 1992
Editor’s Forum
One problem I have noticed with writing this section of the the QHJ is that I that I don’t have...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
Editor’s Forum
Here is the first issue produced from the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. We are now moved and mostly settled in....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1993
Editor’s Forum
It has taken a while to get this issue out. I would like to thank Al Boehm for submitting an...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1993
Editor’s Forum
Again another issue has taken longer than I wanted to come out. Since the last issue one important thing has...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
Editor’s Forum
As much as I want the QHJ to come out about every other month, It’s slowly becoming a quarterly. Between...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1994
Editor’s Forum
This is the second issue that is far later that I would like. Let me explain the reason why. Back...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1994
Editor’s Forum
Well, it looks like another issues has taken longer that I would like. It’s been one of those “too busy...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
Editor’s Forum
Another few months, another issue. I don’t know if there is any special significance to putting out issue #20, but...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Editor’s Forum
This issue of the QHJ is a little smaller that I would like. I’ve been busy getting ready for the...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1995
Editor’s Forum
The biggest news this issue is I’VE GOT A HOME PAGE. I got a wild hair a while back and...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1995
Editor’s Forum
Have you ever sat in front of the word processor, looking at a blank screen, and not really know what...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Editor’s Forum
As time goes by I’m finding myself doing less and less programming. My recent foray into distributing QL and Z88...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
Editor’s Forum
I don’t have much to say for an introduction to this issue. I do want to thank Peter Tillier for...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
Editor’s Forum
It’s hard to believe that the last QHJ came out last May. What have I been doing? Well, let me...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1996
Editor’s Forum
The QHJ is back. After a year of taking a break, I’m back in the programming spirit again. Of course,...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1998
Editor’s Forum
I have not received much feedback on the Qliberator Source Book idea I mentioned in the last issue, and I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
Editor’s Forum
I’d like to thank Per Witte for providing pretty much the core part of this issue. I saw the Filename...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1998
Editor’s Forum
In this issue I want to take a look at a couple of Unix languages that have recently been ported...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1998
Editor’s Forum
This issue is far later that I would like. Planning for the West Coast Sinclair Show (for which this issue...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1999
Editor’s Forum
First off, thanks to Herb Schaaf for providing most of the text for this issue. When Herb gets a hold...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 2000
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 2000
Editor’s Forum
For the second time in the life of the QHJ, I have allowed a whole year to go between issues....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Editor’s Forum
Welcome to the first issue of the QL Hacker’s Journal. This publication is meant to fill the gap in publications...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
Editor’s Forum
I’m a bit surprized to have this issue out so soon after the last issue. But, the source code from...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalFebruary 1991
Editor’s Forum
After putting out two issues rather quickly, your all probably wondering what happened to this issue. There is one simple...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1991
Editor’s Forum
This issue is another one that took some time to come together. I have spent part of the last two...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1991
Editor’s Forum
This month has been a busy month for QL news. See the following article to find out what has been...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
Editor’s Forum
This issue of the QHJ is a little late. It’s been three months since the last issue. I try to...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1992
Editor’s Notes
Well I made it. Last month I actually mailed QZX in the month listed on the cover. Unfortunately I slipped...
Alex Burr (K5XY)QZXMay 1993
Editorial
CATS Fest, newsletter, QLers, Non-canadians.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1989
Editorial
With the approach of the fall and winter computing seasons and most of us back from our holiday/vacations we leave...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Editorial
With the approach of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, comes a wealth of NEW products for the QL. Some like...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Editorial
With this issue, we begin a new feature entitled “MORE THAN A NAME”. Along with a picture on the front...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
Editorial
Another holiday season is at hand, and we at IQLR, wish you a HAPPY, HEALTHY, and PROSPEROUS New Year.
International QL ReportNovember/December 1992
Editorial
An interesting piece of mail arrived recently, it was a disk version of DILWYN JONES COMPUTING catalog. We thought it...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Editorial
Another year has come and gone, (time flies when your having fun) this issue marks the completion of Volume 2...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Editorial
This issue marks the beginning of our THIRD year of operation, and we’d like to thank you, our readers for...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
Editorial
There’s plenty of news to report starting with MIRACLE Systems announcement that the software for the QXL is near completion....
International QL ReportJuly/August 1993
Editorial
It is with sadness that we report to you the final issue of SINCLAIR QL WORLD published by Arcwind Ltd...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1994
Editorial
In our attempt to continually improve our magazine, we pay a lot of attention to what our readers have to...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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;...
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1986
eFORTH Interpreter
While on the subject of languages, I thought I would finally take a look at a program that I had...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
Eidersoft Troubles?
When we received a recent order from Digital Precision, Freddy Vacha had scribbled on the bottom of the invoice, “Friendly...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
Eindhoven Meeting
This venue is developing into a regular international meeting place for Dutch, Belgians and German QL users living near the...
Stuart HoneyballInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
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...
CATS NewsletterDecember 1989
Emulators
We have received news of several Sinclair-Timex emulators being developed in Holland by Carlo Delhez. I have left his initial...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
End of (the) LineCATS NewsletterJanuary 1992
End-Of-File Finding
A lot of the programs that I like to write are filters. They take a text file as input, do...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1998
Enter
Sinclair QL and the new Spectrum Plus were featured recently at the Consumer Electronics Show. Dave Higgenbottom is still trying...
T-S HorizonsJanuary 1985
Enter Q_Review?
Teaser about new publication supporting the Sinclair QL.
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1985
Environment Variables
The concept of Environment Variables comes from the Unix world. They are used slightly in MS-DOS, but not at all...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
EPROM ConceptsLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1991
EPSON Driver for QLLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1994
Equal Loan Payments Calculator
This program is based on one written by Ward Seguin in the March “85 CATS for the 2068. It had...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterOctober 1989
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
Ergon Floppy Disk Utilities
My affection for the Ergon Floppy Disk Utility program first started when I received a PD diskette containing the Ergon...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Errata and Addenda
Using loops in QL DO files; moving TS2068 code blocks.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Errata: Code Missing from “Improving a Sector_COPYing Program”ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
Exclusive OR Encryption
I’ve always been interested in encryption. Keeping my files safe from prying eyes has been more of a want than...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1996
Exeqtor Limited Edition
Some time ago I wrote you conceming our projected ‘SuperQL’, and discussed the possibility of offering it in kit form...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Exploring New Environments
ZX Spectrum emulation; QL subdirectories.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
Exploring the Mysterious QL: JOS – Adding Your Own Commands to Super BASIC
Using procedures to add your own commands to Super BASIC
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
Eye-Q
This user friendly program has been on the market for about four years but seldom do you see it mentioned....
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Eyeing the QL
This part of the article is written to be non-technical and in fact somewhat historical in nature. I would like...
Tom BentQuantum LevelsJune 1989
Falkenberg KB Interface
The FALKENBERG keyboard interface has been around for several years now, but it is worth “looking at” in light of...
Al FengNite-Times NewsSeptember/October 1995
Family Trees – Is the GameSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Fantastic Price Reduction
Miracle Systems have announced a tremendous reduction in the price of their GOLD CARDS. The export price for delivery outside...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
File Comparison
Fcomp_c is another C program from the C User’s Journal disk #236 (Highly Portable Utilites). I only had to make...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1991
File Management Tips
COPYING FILES – If you have Toolkit II and use the WCOPY command to copy a disk, you can enter...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
File Peekin’
Have you ever wondered what was in a file on the microdrive? I guess I must be the curious type!...
Marshall StilesQL ReportMay 15, 1987
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....
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
File Transfers QL to IBM
Moving a file from the QL to an IBM-XT and reverse is really quite simple.
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
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...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
File-Saver AlarmZX-AppealSummer 1990
FILECONFIG
Another program that I have been working on is FileConfig. The short explanation is that FileConfig is an automated version...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1999
Filename Extensions
You may have noticed that most software authors use filenames ending with “_BAS”, “_OBJ”, “_BIN”, or other three or four...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
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...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
Files 2
Review of file management tool for QL.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1991
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...
Alan HodgeInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
FIND2_C
I have written a C program that will search for a particular string in a file. My first version of...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalFebruary 1991
First Impressions (The Continuing Saga of a QL User)
Provides a wiring diagram for connecting the QL’s 9-pin serial port to a Hayes-compatible DB-25 modem, and notes that 300...
Steve BergThe Sinc Times (2)May/June/July 1988
First Impressions of the QL, Part 2
One user’s experience with the computer.
The Sinc Times (2)August 1987
First Impressions of the QL, Part 3
Continues reviewing experiences with the computer.
The Sinc Times (2)October 1987
First Report: The QXL Card
First-impressions review of the QXL ISA card, which implements QL hardware on a standard PC expansion card. Covers speed, VGA/SuperVGA...
James HunkinsThe RAMTOPWinter 1993
First Report: The QXL CardThe RAMTOPWinter 1992
FLASH!
QL available as a kit. Load program for TS 1000.
The RAMTOPSeptember 1986
Flash!
Some of you have heard about the QL World article on the QL in North America. This article was nice...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Flashback
Review of the database program and a SuperBasic program to use with it.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
Flightdeck – A Review
As the name implies, FLIGHTDECK is a flight simulation program for the QL. The cost of the program including shipping...
Joe F. LaPunzinaInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Flippin’ The Floppies
If “Flp2_” needs to be “Flp1_”, or vice versa.
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
Fonts – A Partial Review
In the language of computers, a Font is a character set comprised of UPPER and lower case letters, numbers 0...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Food for Thought
This is your chance to ask the tough questions many QL’ers have been pondering. Or maybe you can respond to...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Food for Thought
This is your chance to ask the tough questions many QL’ers have been pondering. Or maybe you can respond to...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
For the “QLers” Using SpreadsheetSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
For Your Information: Tidbits About CP/M, TS/TC2068, TC2048, ZX81, TS1500 and QLLISTing NewsletterJuly - September 1986
For Your QL: Archive Secrets
Tips for using Archive.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
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...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
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...
SyncWare NewsMay-June 1986
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,...
SyncWare NewsMay/June 1987
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...
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupMarch 1984
Format to 894/900 SectorsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
Forth for the QLThe RAMTOPSpring 1994
FORTH Programming
I have been programming with FORTH for a number of years now and have used it on the 1802, PDP-11,...
Gary GangerQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
Foto-DBase
Foto-DBase is a database of people with digitised photo. It requires a QL with at least 256 kbytes of RAM,...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Fractals Continued
By now, ve have most of the program defined. We are missing some parts, but.. we can at least get...
Duane EllisThe Data ExpansionJune 1988
Fractured Fractals
You have no doubt seen some computer generated landscapes or other objects. If you saw any of the Star Trek...
Marshall StilesQL ReportOctober 15, 1987
From the Desk of Bill Johnson
Sinclair Research has lowered its price to $299 on the Sinclair QL computer, see page 16 for details. For this...
Bill JohnsonQuarTerSWinter 1986
From the EditorCATS NewsletterOctober 1986
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1993
From the Editor and Disk Drops
Welcome note from Lloyd as new editor. Overview of the QL software suite.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1992
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,...
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
From the QL LibrarySinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
From the QL Library: CirclesSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
From the QL Library: Random BlocksSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
From Where I Sit
Several months ago, | suggested that we start a series on how we used our computers. At the time I...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterDecember 1989
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...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
Front Page ExtraSMUG BytesJune 1989
Games for the Sinclair QL: A PotpourriTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1986
Geneva Chatter
There is nothing like an invitation to write an article to get one to sit in front of the keyboard....
Ian PizerInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
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...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
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...
Mannie QuinteroCATS NewsletterDecember 1991
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...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
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...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1995
GIF – A Review
Carlo Delhez, from Holland, has written a useful graphics utility. It’s a ‘GIF reader’ for the QL. ‘GIF’ is a...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
GIF Graphics Decoding-Encoding Now Available to Sinclair QL UsersTimelinezSeptember 1987
GIF on the QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1990
GIF on the Sinclair QL SupercomputerLISTing NewsletterAugust 1991
Give a Voice to Your QL
Hardware project for adding speech synthesis to the Sinclair QL by connecting a B.G. Micro text-to-speech board via the RS-232...
The RAMTOPMar-Apr 1989
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...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
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...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Going Online, Part 1
This is the start of a series of articles that are designed to help anyone go ‘online’ with their QL....
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Going Online, Part 2
As mentioned last time, this is a series by a beginner for beginners. Those Pith experience may find some chuckles...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Gold Card ROM
Even the famed Tony Tebby Sometimes makes boo-boos. Since its release the Gold Card ROM has been upgraded to add...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Gold Card UpdateSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
Gold Diggings
‘way back many moons ago when the skics were clear and the air was baluy and warm, I decided I...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
GossamerZX-AppealDecember 1989
Graphics and the Z88
The Z88 has no facilities to show graphics on its screen. But in combination with a QL it is possible...
Peter van DijkCATS NewsletterSeptember 1988
Greeting Cards with LINEdesign
While PC users have had different programs available that make it easy for them to create greeting cards, the QL...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
Grey Wolf – A Review
This was my first introduction to “Grey Wolf,” a World War II submarine simulation game. Upon boot, up you are...
Arthur P. Lewis IIIInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
GT Prolog – QL
Attempting to write a review of GT-Prolog (GTP) has proved to be rather more difficult than anticipated. There is, first...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
GT Prolog – QL (Part 2)Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Handy Procs
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Hardcopy (A QL Utility)Nite-Times NewsOctober 1987
Hardware for your QLUpdate MagazineApril 1995
Hardware Mods ReviewCATS NewsletterMay 1988
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...
CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Hardware Savvy: Modifications and Maintenance Tips for the Sinclair Family of ComputersCATS NewsletterAugust 1988
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?...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
Hello, WorldCATS NewsletterNovember - December 1994
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1994
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Help QLSinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
Help!
The library received a great game of checkers (Chequers/Draughts) in SuperBASIC. It is an excellent game but very slow in...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Help! Help!
In the near future, we hope to be able to offer our readers the best in PUBLIC DOMAIN software from...
International QL Report
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Helper: A SuperBASIC Program
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
HELPER: A SuperBASIC Program
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
Helpful Hint #1
It can be difficult to insert a peripheral device (i.e. Trump or Gold Card) into the expansion slot of the...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Helpful Hint #2
With so many new hardware upgrades, I find that I am changing or remounting chips with increasing frequency. Just recently...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Helpful Hint #3
Occasionally, you run across a program that has an unlistable BOOT program. Attempts to list it to the screen results...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
Helpful Hints
We received the following letter and although have mentioned this tip in a previous issue of QLR, feel it should...
QL ReportJuly 15, 1987
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...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1991
Hex Movement Library
Recently I’ve been distracted by one of my other hobby, wargaming. There has been a discussion on USENET about freeware...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1993
Hidden File
Mme day while doing some chores on the QL I saved a file, but I actually made a mistake, In...
Marshall StilesQL ReportMarch 15, 1987
Hints and Tips on QL’sSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
Hints and Tips on SinclairsISTUG NewsletterJuly - August 1990
Hints and Tips on SinclairsISTUG NewsletterMay - June 1990
Horloge Digitale pour QL
Here’s a program that transforms the QL into a giant digital clock. Thanks to the function keys, you can set...
Yves GagnonSINOctober 1987
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
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...
Marshall StilesQL ReportJanuary 15, 1987
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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...
Ian PizerCATS NewsletterApril 1992
How to Alter a File/DiskCATS NewsletterSeptember 1992
How to Fit a New QL Keyboard MembraneUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
How to Get Stuff from Big Blue, or MS-DOS to QL File ConversionsCATS NewsletterFebruary 1986
How to have a Reliable QLThe RAMTOPWinter 1992
How to Have a Reliable QL
Describes a series of hardware modifications to improve QL reliability, including voltage regulator replacement, bypass capacitors at the 8301, 8302,...
John ImpellizzeriThe RAMTOPWinter 1993
How to Modify a Coleco Adam Power Supply for your QLUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
Howard Clase plays with DisksSinc-LinkNovember/December 1993
I Built a QL Kit
Review of user-assembled QL available from dealers.
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1986
IBM to QLCATS NewsletterJanuary 1992
ICE Your QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
IDing QL File Types
There is nothing quite so frustrating as to get a disc or microcartridge full of programs and not know where...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
IFE Data_base Review
To begin with, this program requires ToolKit II to be present. The first thing I found when I loaded QED...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
IFE Disk Policy
As many of you are aware, over 90 3.5″ disks were received from the IFE in Germany comprising software from...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
IFE Disk Rules
There is some confusion Public Domain software charges, so let me repeat. NESQLIB disks are $1.00 on your preformatted medium,...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Image D
IMAGE D is a program that allows the user to create a three dimensional object and then manipulate that object...
Arthur P. Lewis IIIInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Imagix by Emmanuel VerbeeckSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
Improved Z88-QL CableHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterSeptember 1989
Improving a Sector_COPYing ProgramZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1996
Improving the Home DatabaseCATS NewsletterJanuary 1988
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
In Memoriam: Ernest J WiderPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
In The Pipeline
Work continues on the GRAPHICS CARD from Miracle Systems, as well as TWO NEW PRODUCTS. The first is an honest...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
In The Pipeline
Work continues on Miracle System’s GRAPHICS CARD. No release date has been announced. Qview and TF Services of the UK...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
In-BetweenThe PlotterJune 1988
Index-Bubble SortTimelinezJuly - December 1990
Indexer – A Brief ReviewCATS NewsletterJune 1992
Infix to Postfix
In the March 1992 issue of “The C Users Journal”, Rex Jaeschke has a column called “Doctor C’s Pointers”. He...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
Innocents AbroadSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Input/OutputNite-Times NewsNovember - December 1991
inQLings
New software and other news about the Sinclair QL.
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1986
Installing a Hard Disk
Here is the saga of my recent activities in updating my QL to be really modern and have a HARD...
Ian PizerInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Interesting QUANTA ArticlesCATS NewsletterMay 1992
Intergroup Freeware Exchange
The INTERGROUP FREEWARE EXCHANGE, serviced by the SINCLAIR QL USER CLUB e.v. (SQLUC) of Germany, have announced the establishment of...
International QL Report
International Computer Dictionary
The last year or two has seen a tremendous increase in the international exchange of group libraries and Public Domain...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1991
International Computer Glossary
I thought this might be a good time to bring you up to date on the status of the International...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
International QL Meeting
On Saturday the 21st of March 1992, the Sinclair QL User Club of Germany will be hosting the “INTERNATIONAL QL...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
International QL News
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QL community. The information contained here has...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
International QL News
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
International QL News
This column is designed to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1994
International QL News
This column is designed to bring together new and lor changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here...
International QL ReportMay/June 1994
International QL News
This column is intended to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
International QL News
This column is intended to bring together new and/or changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
International QL ReportZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1991
Internet Addresses and some QL files for Your Computing FunThe RAMTOPSpring 1994
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1993
Internet Resource List for Sinclair Users
FTP, websites, Gopher and other resources.
Update MagazineApril 1996
Introducing Aurora QL Graphics CardZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
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....
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
IQLR Library
As we mentioned in our last issue, IQLR is in the process of building a library of FREEWARE, PUBLIC DOMAIN...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
IQLR Nerve Center
Many years ago when I decided my computer needed a home, I looked at the many different varieties of computer...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
IQLR Special
We are happy to announce that IQLR has made special arrangements with C.G.H. Services of the UK, and author Simon...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
Is the QL Dead
In “Quanta” magazine and from our own NESQLUQ members, there is talk about switching over to another computer, usually an...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Is there a QXL in Your Life?
Overview of the QXL: a PC expansion card that emulates the QL on a PC.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
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...
Time Designs MagazineNov-Dec 1984
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...
CATS NewsletterSeptember 1988
It’s Time for the Next Leap
Do we need a next generation QL, or more accurately put, a new QDOS/SMSQ hardware platform?
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Italian Software
While looking at the archives for the comp.sources.misc newsgroup on Usenet I noticed that there had been a posting on...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
Iterated Function Systems
IFS is what Michael Barnsley calls his Iterated Function Systems, and IFS is another part of fractals (remember those Mandelbrot...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1991
Join Them FilesCATS NewsletterDecember 1992
Joining Hands – QReview & IQLR
To best serve the QL community, as of this issue , QReview is merging with IQLR. This means that I...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Jonas_Term
Several years ago Mike Mitchell wrote a SuperBASIC program that got the QL on line with a modem. It was...
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1995
JSU Screen ModesSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
Jumper Settings for the 3.2 Meg Drive
Settings for adding disk drives to QL.
Update MagazineApril 1992
Just the FAX, PleaseCATS NewsletterAugust 1993
Justified Translates
Addressing a spacing shortcoming in Quill.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
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.
SUMDecember 1985
KEYWHIZSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Keywhiz
Frustration may be the Mother of all ALTKEYs. Here are three more ALTKEYs that I use which you might also...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Known QL Dealers and SupportersISTUG NewsletterJune 1987
La Page du QL
As we know, the QL has two serial outputs, SER1 and SER2. SER1 is configured as DCE and is usually...
Real GagnonSINOctober-November 1986
La page du QL
We have already seen that QL has several undocumented commands. We were going to examine one of these which can...
SINFebruary-March 1987
La Page Du Sinclair QL
List of system variables in the QL.
Real GagnonSINJune-July 1986
La Page du Sinclair QL
Announcements of software for the Sinclair QL.
Real GagnonSINFebruary 1986
La Page du Sinclair QL
News about the Sinclair QL.
Real GagnonSINMarch 1986
La Page du Sinclair QL
In the previous issue of SIN, we saw that the ROM of the American QL contained some undocumented commands. We...
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1986
La Page du Sinclair QL
Updates on hardware and software for the QL.
Real GagnonSINAugust-September 1986
La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page)
Overview of programming languages for the Sinclair QL.
SINDecember 1985
La Page du Sinclair QL (Sinclair QL Page)
Tutorial on using the QL.
SINJanuart 1986
Label ProgramSMUG BytesDecemner 1991
Label Program — Part 2
Continuation of the QL SuperBASIC mailing label program; covering lines 1580–9999 including window definition procedures, disk file load and save...
Bill HeberleinSMUG BytesJanuary 1992
LABELS_BAS RevieCATS NewsletterMarch 1993
LAN or Local Area Network Using a QLSinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
LANG_BAS
The following SBASIC program was inadvertantly not sent along with the text for the article “SMSQ Language Dependent Modules” printed...
Tony TebbyInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
Language Design Principles
Jon Bentley has been around computers for years, spending most of his time with AT&T Bell Labs (the birth place...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1995
Last Minute Gold News
We have learned that Miracle has just released rom 2.28 for the Gold Card.
NESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Late Breaking News
After we had gone to press with this issue, I had two telephone conversations, the first with Phil Borman Chairperson...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
Late Breaking News
Miracle Systems has announced 4 different configurations for their new QXL PC CARD. It will be offered as either Meg,...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
Late Breaking NewsInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Layout
Program to display a single sheet with scale outline of a page to allow the user to set margins, etc.
Update MagazineApril 1993
Le coeur du QL: Le 68008 (The heart of the QL: The 68008)
Description of the CPU.
SINJanuart 1986
Le Solitaire
The card game for the QL.
Real GagnonSINAugust-September 1986
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...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterJuly 1987
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Les Logiciels de CAO
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for quality assurance (QA) is increasingly common, and generally well-designed and quite powerful.
SINOctober 1987
Let’s Read T/S 2068 JLO Disks With Your QLISTUG NewsletterJune - July 1993
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1991
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...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterSeptember 1989
Lets Read T/S 2068 JLO Disks With Your QLSinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
Letter about converting Microsoft BASIC programs to SuperBasic
Letter includes a program to replace MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$ functions with Sinclair equivalent functions.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Letter from Bob HowardLISTing NewsletterFebruary - March 1988
Letter from Bob MalloyLISTing NewsletterApril - May 1996
Letter from Carlo Delhez
Announcing XTricator (ZX81 emulator for the QL) and Spectator (ZX Spectrum emulator for the QL).
Carlo DelhezNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Letter from Charles Reise
Instructions for setting up check balancing using Abacus on the QL.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Letter from Hugh Howie
Here is QUANDEX. I have decided to let it go as is. It is up to date to the end...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Letter from John E. Juergens
QL recommendations.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
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...
John ImpellizzeriNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Letter from John JuergensSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
Letter from Matthew ZenkarSincus NewsNovember - December 1987
Letter from Rolf Person
Letter from Swedish QL user’s group.
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Letter from Ron BlizzardSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
Letter from the EditorSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Letter in Reply to Left Handed Ways of Working a Printer
Writer’s method of connecting two computers to several printers.
Update MagazineApril 1991
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....
John MitchellSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Letter updating REFIELDUpdate MagazineJanuary 1989
Letters
TS2068 disk drive systems; QL news from the UK; LOAD loader; QL users plea; hurrah for Novelsoft; April fooler; new...
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
Letters to the EditorCATS NewsletterFebruary 1986
Letters to the EditorCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
Levenstein Distance
The Levenstein Distance is a measure of how close two strings are to each other. The Levenstein Algoritm is used...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
lfx_bas
I guess that if you enjoy programming like I do you produce a lot of programs. Unfortunately, many of them...
Marshall StilesQL ReportOctober 15, 1986
LibXmenu
LibXmenu is a C68 library, written by Jerome Grimbert, to help write menu-based programs. When I first heard of it...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 2000
Lighthouse, QL Graphics
Program to print a lighthouse on a Tandy CGP-220 printer.
Update MagazineApril 1992
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...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Lightning S. E. and Boot
Setup a boot file for the Lighting QL accessory.
Update MagazineApril 1993
LINEdesign ‘Mirror’ Function
I noticed in the article describing the use of LINEdesign to make greeting cards that the author had not found...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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....
Will HortonInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
Linked Lists in SuperBASIC
Tutorial explaining linked list data structures for QL SuperBASIC programmers. Covers the concept of pointer-based dynamic ordering, where records store...
Tim SwensonTimelinezDecember 1988
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,...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
LIST Announcing QL Public Domain LibraryLISTing NewsletterMarch - April 1987
List Des Anciens Numeros
Index to articles appearing in earlier issues.
Real GagnonSINOctober-November 1986
Little Languages
The first part of the exercise is to define what part of the LOGO language we will implement. I looked...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJanuary 1991
Little Languages
The first part of any translator or compiler, is the lexical analyser. A lexical analyser takes the “words” of a...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterFebruary 1991
Little Languages
The parser is part of a compiler (or translator) that decides if the incoming code is syntactically correct. It makes...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterMay 1991
Little Languages
The last part of the project is the code generator. This procedure takes the output from the lexical analyser and...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJune 1991
LListing With QLThe PlotterMay 1990
Loan Amortization on the QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
Local Variables
“What are local variables, anyway?” This was one of the questions I asked myself when I first read my QL...
Marshall StilesQL ReportJune 15, 1987
LOG-ON!SWYMFebruary 1991
Logiciels (Software)
Software for the Sinclair QL and TS2068.
Real GagnonSINOctober-November 1986
Logiciels Gratuits du Domaine Public de Sin
Public domain software from SIN.
Real GagnonSINJune-July 1987
Looking at ED Drives
1 had bought a Gold Card in June 1991 and was experiencing the joys of an almost “normal” computer.
Sherm WatermanNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Lottery Random Number PickerNite-Times NewsNovember 1988
Lotto Program for the QLSMUG BytesNovember 1989
LZW Compression
In the June and Oct 1992 issues of Dr. Dobb’s Journal, there were two articles on LZW compression. The second...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
LZW Compression
Through work I have come to know one Alex Bocast. When I first met Alex, he mentioned working on a...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
Machine States/The Serial InterfaceUpdate MagazineApril 1995
MacPaint File Printing
Don Walterman has sent a program that reads a MacPaint file and prints to an HP Deskjet printer. Don claims...
Don WaltermanQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1993
Mail ReceivedTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterJune 1991
Mail Received
Dr. Bbatti, is a member of QUANTA, and has a desire to have QL users be part of a ‘mega-SuperQL”...
Timex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterJune 1991
Mailing Labelmaker
A QL SuperBASIC program for printing mailing labels on a full-size printer. Menu-driven with options to print return address labels,...
Walt GabyTimelinezMarch 1987
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...
CATS NewsletterAugust 1990
Mandelbrot – A Fractal World, Part Four
Machine source code.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
Mandelbrot – A Fractal World, Part Three
Machine code portion of the program.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
Mandelbrot – A Fractal World, Part Two
Program to generate Mandelbrot diagrams.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
Mandelbrot – A Fractal World, Update
Update to program.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
Market Testing
Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in...
NESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
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...
Stephen OstranderNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Masterpiece by Miracle Systems
The long awaited GRAPHICS CARD, now titled the “Masterpiece Enhanced Graphics Card” will soon see the light of day.
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
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...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
maus.comp.ql
This article is intended for QL users who have access to Usenet or any other means to receive such conferences...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalSeptember 1992
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)...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1993
MDIR_basNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1994
MDIR_BAS v1.05ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
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...
Harold JonesNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Meet Sinclair’s Newest Computer: The QLT. S. S. NewsnotesNovember 15, 1984
Meeting Notes / GIGO
Meeting notes: discussion of Dayton Computerfest with favorable impressions; Gold Card hardware for the QL mentioned; DOS emulator on QL...
Bill HeberleinSMUG BytesSeptember 1991
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Megatoolkit Review
Megatoolkit adds over 200 new extensions to SuperBASIC (226 by my count!) that can be roughly grouped into the following...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Menu-Driven Printer_DAT Selection
Program to allow user to select one of several printers at startup.
Update MagazineApril 1993
Merging Archive and Abacus FilesPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1991
Messing With Headers
With ToolKit 2 and some other utilities it is possible to read from and write to selected parts of a...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterNovember 1991
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
Microdrive Cartridge Repairs
I recently encountered a “stuck” microdrive cartridge. I mean, it was working one minute, and suddenly, all I could get...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
Ed SvendsenCATS NewsletterAugust 1990
Microdrive Cartridges
The QL is in it’s eighth year, and many users still depend upon the much maligned microdrives. As you know,...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1991
Microdrive Imaging
The Trump Card and certain other boards have a very neat little method of loading files from microdrive called “Microdrive...
QL ReportJuly 15, 1987
Microdrive Problem Solved?Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
Microdrive spottingZX-AppealOctober 1989
Microdrives Shortages Coming
Reports that Ablex, the sole manufacturer of QL microdrive tape cartridges, may cease production after 1989 due to unavailability of...
TimelinezJuly-December 1989
MicroEMACS
MicroEMACS is a popular text editor written to run an a wide variety of computers and operating systems (Unix, VMS,...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterAugust 1990
MicroEmacs Line Numbering
I’ve been meaning to tinker around with MicroEmacs macros for some time, but never got around to it. Recently I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1998
MicroEmacs Macros
Thierry Godefroy has ported over the latest version of MicroEmacs 4.00 to the QL. He has added Pointer Environment support...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1999
Milwaukee Show Report – Addendum
Second perspective on the 1990 Milwaukee SMUG show by GCSUG member Thomas Simon. Updates on Mailbag software by Peter Hale...
Thomas SimonThe RAMTOPWinter 1990
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...
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
MinervaSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
Minerva and OthersSinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
Minerva Bug?
On occasion, I attempt to translate a program, written as “spaghetti code” in one of the several primitive Basics, into...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Minerva II Tidbit
Here is a small utility for snooping about in the Minerva II ram. There’s nothing sacred about the limits on...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Minerva ROM Upgrade
QVIEW has announced the latest version of its popular ROM upgrade. Version 1.89 represents a significant advancement over earlier versions,...
International QL Report
Mini-Editorial
It’s that time of year again, this issue marks the completion of Volume III, on to Volume IV with more...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Minireviews
Reviews of CST Disk Interface, Disciple Disk Interface, Supercharge BASIC Compiler for QL, QSPELL for QL,
LISTing NewsletterMarch - April 1987
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...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJune 1990
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
Minix on the QLSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
Miracle Gold Card
Miracle Systems of the U.K. have announced and delivered the first shipments of their new SUPER interface. The GOLD CARD...
International QL Report
Miracle in Newport
Photos from the event.
International QL ReportJuly/August 1993
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...
Tony FirshmanInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
Miracle in Newport ’93
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Miracle Systems Demonstration of their new QL products, originally slated to be held...
LISTing NewsletterApril 1993
Miracle in Newport ’93
Event announcement.
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Miracle in Newport 1994Sinc-LinkMay/June 1994
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...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Miracle in Newport II
The show was held on the 14th of May 1994 at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge in Middletown, Rhode Island,...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
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...
Update MagazineJuly 1993
Miracle in Newport Two and Other Stuff
Computer fair report and notes on upcoming software and books.
Update MagazineApril 1994
Miracle Makes Gold Card Network Recent JSU Problems SolvedSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Miracle Systems Centronics InterfaceCATS NewsletterMarch 1987
Miracle Systems Serial/Parallel Printer InterfaceLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1991
Miracle Watch
Miracle Systems are about to launch three new products, the long awaited GRAPHICS CARD, the PC CARD, and a SCSI...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Miracle’s New QXL
At the 4th Italian QL Meeting held January 24th of this year, Miracle Systems unvailed their NEW PC card officially...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Reprinted clippings: PC market share table (through 1985) from Wall Street Journal; telephone long-distance equal-access dialing tips; CST Thor (QL...
TimelinezJuly/August 1986
Modaptor Plus problems
In looking through the manual of Q-code, I discovered a section on controlling the Modaptor Plus. It says that the...
Stephen JonkeCATS NewsletterMay 1989
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
More “Colors” in QL’s Mode 4
Stippling colors to create the illusion of other colors.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
More Good-Bad-Uh QLsCATS NewsletterAugust 1991
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...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterMay 1991
More on “Slowgold”Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
More on Benchmarks
Duane Parker had the time down to 23 seconds using Forth in his January classic on benchmarking with Pascal, QL-SuperBasic,...
Herb Schaaf
Duane Parker
CATS NewsletterJuly 1990
More on Inter Group Freeware ExchangePeter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
More on QPCZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1997
More on QPCZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
More on RESPRing from NewfoundlandSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
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 Hacker’s JournalJuly 1993
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,...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
More PSU Stuff
Barry Washington reports a burnout of a diode in a modified QL Power Supply Unit (PSU). See “Tweak & Tinker”...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterDecember 1991
More QXL NotesNite-Times NewsNovember - December 1994
More Timex-Sinclair
During the last two months, I have gone through more changes than Sherlock Holmes. Mostly “time changes,” but these wandering...
Micheal O'BrienComputer ShopperNovember 1988
MS-DOS Emulator for the QL
Reports Digital Precision’s announcement of an MS-DOS 3.2/PC-DOS 4.0 emulator for the Sinclair QL at approximately $150, requiring memory expansion...
Don Walterman
Robert Parish
The RAMTOPJan-Feb 1989
MS-DOS Emulator Ready for QLThe HackerJune 1989
MS-QLINK
MS-QLINK by T. F. Leal of Qfile in Portugal allows for some compatibility between the Sinclair QL and MS-DOS based...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
MSDOS for the Sinclair QL
MS-DOS emultors for the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
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...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Muenchen MeetingStuart HoneyballInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1995
Multi-Tasking MS-DOSSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Multiple Copies in QUILLSMUG BytesJuly 1989
Music Lovers
Just got the second Library disc put out by our intrepid Librarian and there is enough to keep the Music...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
My Visit to NESQLUGSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1992
Natural Language
A while back I asked for some help in porting a program listed in the C Users Journal. Emiliano Barbaini...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1994
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...
David BaulchThe Data ExpansionAugust 1988
NEQLUG Program Library
At the March NEQLUG meeting it was suggested that a large body of software for the QL has been published...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
NESLQUG Library Update
Well, all things come to those who wait. Except maybe patience. But, it’s finally here, folks. Disk #2. No, please,...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
NESQLib No2
Ed Kingsley announced the release of the NESQLib2 disk, the second in our PD library. A list of the titles...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
NESQLIBNo1 – The Disk
We have seen the Beta-test version of the final edition of NESQLIBnol, the first disk in our Public Domain Library....
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLIBrary Update
I was heartened to see a renewed interest in the Library as evidenced by the “taking” of (14) programs to...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
NESQLibrary Update
In the last newsletter, I made a plea for the return of all programs taken by members for keypunching, whether...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
NESQLibrary Update
I had an Art teacher in 6th grade, who made a point of collecting class projects when we thought we...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLUGZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2003
NESQLUG and the Fourth North American QL Show
Report on the show held in Bedford, MA.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
NESQLUG Fall-Fest
For a few weeks in the the Fall the prettiest place on earth is in the mountains of New England....
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
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...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLUG Software Library Update
Our thanks to the many of you who brought in (and demonstrated) software at the June meeting. We had a...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
NESQLUG Software Library Update
Thanks to everyone who brought in and demonstrated new software at the September meeting as well to those of you...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Net on the QLSMUG BytesNovember 1988
Net on the QLZX-AppealOctober 1989
Network Flush
Robin Barker of Di-Ren has sent in the following program which allows a QL Network Flush without using Toolkit II.
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
Network: Gold Card and JSU ROM Not CompatibleSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
Networking with QLSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
Networking with QL
You must be realistic, if your QL gives up the ghost, you are in deep trouble, unless it is a...
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Neuf Logiciels Francais Pour Le QL
New software in French for the QL.
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1986
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...
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
New ComputersCATS NewsletterMarch 1985
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....
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
New from Digital Precision
We have recently released our latest update to “PERFECTION SPECIAL EDITION’. This version has a massive 35 million megabyte file...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
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),...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
New Items
256K RAM from Larken; PC-DRAW from MDM Enterprises; tax software from ABBA Soft; Beta Basic 3; BBSes; West coast fair...
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
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...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
New Life for the QLThe HackerMarch 1989
New Product: QPLANE
The consortium of Zeljko Nastasic of Croatia and Ron Dunnett of the UK have launched their second product “QPLANE” a...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
New QL ‘Open’SMUG BytesJuly 1990
New QL ProgramSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1992
New Releases
New software from Ron Ruegg; “Touring the TS2068 ROM Operating System” book from William J. Pedersen; Arnold Ramaker is developing...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
New Sinclair Products
QL and flat screen TV available from Curry Computer.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
New Sinclair PublicationsISTUG NewsletterMay - June 1991
New Software
We have received a number of NEW SOFTWARE packages. In future issues we will bring you HANDS-ON reviews.
International QL Report
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...
Thomas B. WoodsComputer UpdatesSummer 1986
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...
Chuck SpannInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
New Use for an Old Silicon FriendCATS NewsletterOctober 1990
New Version Announced
Digital Precision has just recently released Desktop Publisher Special Edition version 2.0. This new version requires a minimum of 512K...
QL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
New Version of Sidewinder
A new version of SIDEWINDER has been released which will make it more compatible with more printers. The initial version...
QL ReportOctober 15, 1987
New, News, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsNovember - December 1986
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Newport 93CATS NewsletterJuly 1993
Newport Miracle
Even in Newport, Herb and I carpooled and thus had a chance to talk about what to think about, look...
CATS NewsletterJuly 1993
Newport ReportSinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
News
Sinclair QL is available. Sinclair lends ZX Spectrums to North American dealers for evaluation. Compuserve and The Source have Timex...
Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter
News
In the last month I have recieved quite a bit of QL related news. Most of it is important to...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
NewsCATS NewsletterDecember 1992
News – and some QL Library AdditionsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
News and New Products for your QLUpdate MagazineOctober 1992
News and Views on Sinclairs
Paul Holmgren lost his house in a fire;QL resources on the internet.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
News and Views on the QLUpdate MagazineApril 1995
News Flash!
With the recent collapse of Robert Maxwell’s publishing empire, and most if not all of its operations scheduled for the...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
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...
TS BulletinJanuary 1990
News from Digital Precision
Freedy Vachha of Digital Precision would like the readers of IQLR to know that as of the 10th of October...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
News from Europe
Two international QL meetings will be held soon in Europe, the first is the “4th Italian QL Meeting” organized by...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
News from James Cook
We received the following letter from James Cook about two new programs written by him: “Enclosed is the copy and...
QL ReportOctober 1988
News from MausnetCATS NewsletterNovember 1992
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1992
News from Sector Software and EnglandSMUG BytesJanuary 1990
News from the Internet
QL FAQ Table of Contents.
CATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1994
News Italian Style
g: The 7th Italian QL meeting was held in Reggio Emilia Italy. The meeting was attended by about 40 people....
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
News NotesLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1987
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
News Release – Text87 Plus4
TEXT87 PLUS4 is finally out of wraps. Based on the proven technology introduced in the previous releases of text87, the...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
News, New, Views and ReviewSincus NewsNovember - December 1988
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsJuly - August 1988
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsSeptember - October 1988
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsMarch - April 1989
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsMay - June 1989
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsJanuary - February 1986
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsJuly - August 1986
News, New, Views and ReviewsSincus NewsSeptember - October 1986
News, News, News
Duane PARKER is cooking up something special for the next CATS meeting! The topic is: “Programing with PASCAL”, He intends...
CATS NewsletterJune 1989
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,...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJuly 1989
Newsletter Exchange
Compilation of reprinted items: news about Sir Clive Sinclair vs. Acorn’s Chris Curry brawl in Cambridge; Spectrum/TS2068 software incompatibility due...
TimelinezJuly 1985
Newsletter Exchange
Reprints from other newsletters: A+ Computer Response (New Hampshire) has purchased the entire North American Sinclair supply and become the...
TimelinezMay 1986
Newsletter NewsnotesLISTing NewsletterApril 1988
Newsletters and Clubs
Comprehensive update on the Timex/Sinclair user group and newsletter landscape: Vancouver TSUG seeking material and a new editor; Larken Electronics...
Bill HarmerTS BulletinSeptember 1990
Next Workshop
Let’s get together and get it together! Barry Washington, Cliff Watson, myself and others expect to be there with soldering...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Nigel Searle Shows QL at BCS
Searle demonstrated the QL’s features and power to the General Meeting of the Boston Computer Society.
SyntaxJune 1984
Non-Epson Screen Dumps from Easel
Printing from Easel to printers that are not Epson compatible.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Norwegian Connection
It was good to hear that the QL continues on in the USA. Here in Norway we have a group...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
Not Quite An Editorial, Just News
Updates on hardware and software for QL, TS 2068 and Z88 users.
Update MagazineApril 1992
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
Notes & Jottings
As the graphic to the left attests “Another Era Dawns” on the QL community, in fact referring to the QL...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
Notes & News from JMSJochen MerzInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1996
Notes from a TravellerSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Notes from Cyber-SpaceThe RAMTOPFall 1996
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
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....
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Notes on QL Lock-upsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
Notes on the QL KitLISTing NewsletterJanuary - February 1987
Notes on XCHANGE
With the recent release of XCHANGE into the Public Domain (QL version only), and the lack of available documentation (at...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Of Interest to QL Owners: A new regulartor for your QLSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
Of Mice and Menus
Ah mice. Little furry creatures running around and squeaking and women standing on chairs in early sixties sitcoms or little...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1996
Oh No! Not Another Interest Computation Program!Update MagazineApril 1992
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
On QL Disk InterfacesNite-Times NewsNovember 1988
On the QLNite-Times NewsNovember 1987
On the QLNite-Times NewsJune 1987
On the QLNite-Times NewsOctober 1987
On the QLNite-Times NewsJuly 1988
On the QL
Well, here I go again! I have received my SUPER TOOLKIT II only a few days ago), and I’ve found...
Butch WeinbergNite-Times NewsJuly 1987
One Sided DisksSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
One-Sided Disks Do Not ExistSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1991
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...
Ron BlizzardInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
OOPS!
Issue #5 : in Doug Dewey’s article “What Use Is The QL In Education“, the program “DBTUTOR” was mentioned. We...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1992
Open Letter to All QL UsersPeter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
Open World V2.12
Open World converts graphics from other computers into the QL display format. It can generate MODE 4, MODE 8, or...
Simon GoodwinInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Orbit Simulator
A QL SuperBASIC program simulating orbital mechanics around a central planetary body. The orbiter starts above the planet and can...
Tim SwensonTimelinezMay 1987
Organizing a QL Show
It all started with a bit of leg pulling. I kept asking Bruce Nicholls when he was going to organise...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
Other News
In the news department, we keep hearing rumours that Amstrad “may” want to do something with the QL but officially...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
Other Thoughts
I am trying at the moment to produce BEEP tones which actually correspond precisely to a musical scale. The pitches...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Our Readers Speak
As the publisher of IQLR, I have the opportunity to hear from a large number of QL users worldwide. I’m...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
P/D Software
Recently two pieces of Public Domain Software have been sent to IQLR for the purpose of making them available to...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Page Designer 3
Page Designer 3 (PD3) is the long anticipated next generation desktop publisher. It operates under the extended environment (pointer environment)...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
PAL Chips AvailableThe RAMTOPSummer 1992
Parallel I/O ModificationZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
Parameter Passing Mechanisms
There are many parameter passing mechanisms that are used to pass data into, out of or both into and out...
QL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1998
Pascal Hints
We received the following letter from Carl Kuchte of Lewisville, NC.
QL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
Pascal Notes
Since I expect that the CATS membership may be interested in the network setup for the Pascal workshop that we...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterSeptember 1989
Pascal Programs
Examples of Pascal programs.
CATS NewsletterAugust 1989
Passing Parameters
When I was learning Pascal, one of the hurdles I had to get over was the concept of parameter passing....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
Paycheck Analyst
A Sinclair QL SuperBASIC program that analyzes a paycheck’s deductions. User answers 9 questions about a weekly/monthly pay period and...
Carlos LytleTimelinezNovember 1988
PC Power Supply for Your QLZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
PC-IMPORT
File transfer and BASIC language dialect translator.
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
PCB1
The first of the two printed circuit board designers by Talent has arrived, and it was worth the wait. PCB1...
Scott CalkinsQL ReportMarch 15, 1987
PDQ: Public Domain QL SoftwareCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1994
PeeksSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
PERL
Perl is a language that I started playing with back around 1989. When I started using Perl for a project,...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1998
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...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalApril 2000
Permuations
[Below is an interesting permutation program sent to me by Herb Schaaf. He did not include any article or explanation,...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1994
Personal DatabaseSMUG BytesJanuary 1990
Pertinent Points on QL Disk DrivesUpdate MagazineOctober 1994
PFData & the DATAdesign APL
DATAdesign was the first program I bought when I made the transition to Pointer Environment programs and I have been...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
PFList
PFlist is, to put it simply, a file listing program. But before you get too unexcited, check out just what...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
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...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalSeptember 1992
Philosophy Of Structured SuperBasic
Philosophy is defined as a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs. The Philosophy of Structured SuperBasic (SSB) is...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1995
Piano
Allows you to use the keyboard of your QL as if it were a piano.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
Playing With Electricity
Short program to support switching between screen areas in RAM.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
Playing With Electricity
When I was in Seattle at the Sinclair Fest, I discovered people had questions about the memory layout of the...
Harvey TaylorQuantum LevelsJune 1989
Playing With Electricity
Several notes about QL programs, programming.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
Playing With Electricity
Adding a 6821 peripheral interface adaptor to the QL.
ZX-AppealDecember 1986
Playing With Electricity
Implementing a terminal program and adding a modem to the QL.
ZX-AppealFebruary 1986
Playing With Electricity
Sieve of Erastosthenes.
ZX-AppealJanuary 1986
Playing with Electricity
Fractal program in machine language.
ZX-AppealJuly/August 1986
Playing With Electricity
Machine language tutorial.
ZX-AppealJune 1986
Playing With Electricity
Tutorial about SuperBASIC ROM.
ZX-AppealMarch 1986
Playing With Electricity
QL speed benchmarking.
ZX-AppealNovember 1985
Playing with Electricity
Request for help using modems with the QL’s moderately unorthodox RS-232 port.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1987
Playing With ElectricityZX-AppealFebruary - March 1988
Playing With Electricity (cont)ZX-AppealApril 1987
Playing With Electricity: 64K EPROM CardZX-AppealMay 1988
Playing With Electricity: 68000 InterruptsZX-AppealMarch 1987
Playing With Electricity: Channels and JobsZX-AppealJune 1988
Playing With Electricity: CRC MathZX-AppealNovember 1986
Playing With Electricity: DisplaysZX-AppealSeptember 1988
Playing With Electricity: JobsZX-AppealSummer 1987
Playing With Electricity: Memory and Mass StorageZX-AppealMay 1987
Playing With Electricity: Memory MapZX-AppealDecember 1987
Playing With Electricity: MultiplicationZX-AppealSummer 1988
Playing With Electricity: Printer Interface CircuitZX-AppealJanuary 1987
Playing With Electricity: QL DigitizerCATS NewsletterJuly 1988
Playing With Electricity: QL RS-232?CATS NewsletterApril 1986
Playing With Electricity: Video DigitizerZX-AppealJanuary 1988
Playing With Electricity: What the hell is a modaptor anyway?ZX-AppealApril 1988
Playing With Electricity: What the hell is a modaptor anyway?TimelinezJuly - August 1988
Playing With SoundSinc-LinkMay/June 1989
plus4 Review
Plus4 is not a Desktop Publisher but probably the nearest you will get in a Word Processor. It is a...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
plus4 Review
Review of plus4, a sequel to text87.
Update MagazineJuly 1992
Plus4 version 3 = OKSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
plus4 version 3=OK
I have been using plus4 for some time now from version 1 through version 2. Then [ learned there was...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Pokes
From the Milwaukee SMUG Bytes, which copied it from the Chicago NITE-TIMES NEWS came the following tid-bits on useful POKE.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Portable Computing
Describes connecting the QL to a Brother EP-22 printer over a serial cable for portable use while traveling, and covers...
Steve BergThe Sinc TimesFebruary 1987
Power GlitchesSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
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;...
Sherm WatermanNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Prairie Digital
Some years ago a firm called Prairie Digital marketed a A/D I/O board for the QL. Such a board lets...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Preliminary Review: QDesign
QDesign is a drawing package far superior to any we have seen for the QL. The program, written by Jorg...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1991
Premier Rencontre Avec Le QL (First Meeting With The QL)
Short overview of the Sinclair QL and its features.
SINOctober 1985
Presidents Program
Brief presidential note announcing a SMUG group buy for Sinclair QL keyboard replacement membranes in response to a rash of...
SMUG BytesSeptember 1990
Press F1 for HelpCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
PreVIEWNite-Times NewsFebruary - March 1988
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...
QL ReportOctober 1988
Prime Number
[This article was sent in by Mike Fink, owner of Domino Cubes, a Z88 Dealer. Once Mike told me about...
Mike FinkQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1994
Primus?
With the intention to develop a reliable and powerful QL compatible computer which could be used continuously in an industrial...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1995
Print Your Program in QuillSMUG BytesMay 1989
PRINT_MAC
PRINT_MAC is my first C program, while not very sophisticated, it prints MACINTOSH screen files (sometimes called ReadMac files –...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Printer Interface
Short description of Miracle Systems Centronics Printer Interface.
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Printer Set-Up
Program for printing basic files.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
Printer Wringer OuterCATS NewsletterOctober 1992
Printer: QL or IBMSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Printers and QuillSMUG BytesJuly 1989
Printing DatabasesPeter HaleSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
Printing on QL with SG10CATS NewsletterNovember 1987
Printing QL Diskette LabelsLISTing NewsletterMay 1991
Printing QL FontsSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
Printmaster – A Review
Every so often, a program comes along that is so useful you wonder how you ever managed without it. Printermaster...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
PRO/FILE on the QL
With a Gold Card and PC Conqueror, one can run PC Findex on the QL.
Update MagazineOctober 1993
Product/Dealer News
Larry Kenny of LARKEN ELECTRONICS told TDM about the plans for the 256K RAMdisk for the TS2068. It will use...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Professional PublisherSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
Professional Publisher
Desktop publishing covers a lot of ground. Everything from small display ads, one page fliers, and multi-page newsletters can be...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
Profile Up DateZX-AppealMay 1987
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Program Internationalization
About 10 years ago I attended some vendor training on how to program and extend their particular office automation suite....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1999
Program ListerTimelinezMay - June 1990
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Programmer’s Bookshelf
Over the years I have picked up a number of computer books. Some I have purchased for classes, others I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalSeptember 1992
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
Programmers Please Take NoteSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
Programming by Procedure
In ARCHIVE the only obvious decision making command is: IF … ELSE … ENDIF. It works as you would expect...
Peter HaleQuantum LevelsJune 1989
Programming IdeaSMUG BytesJuly 1990
Programming in SuperBASIC for the T/S 2068 ProgrammerTime Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
Programming With QMENU
QMENU is a Pointer Environment (PE) programming tool put out by Jochem Merz. QMENU is a number of SuperBasic extensions...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1995
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...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
PROGS of Belgium
Hello everyone, we are Joachim and Nathan Van der Auwera from Professional and Graphical Software (PROGS). To be exact, we...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Prolog Interpreter
While looking through the IFE database I found reference to a Proglog Interpreter. Once I got the disk, I found...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
Prolog Prologue
This issue of IQLR sees the launch of GT-Prolog, a new implementation of the Prolog language widely used within industry...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1996
PSION “PCFOUR” Lets a $1000 MS-DOS Machine Act Like Your $100 QL
Reprint from The Hacker February 1988: review of the PSION PC software suite ($99 for IBM PC), comparing it feature-by-feature...
Chris FennThe HackerAug 1988
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Psion Productivity Tips
A limitation to Paion programs 1s that file nanes may not exceed 8 characters. Right? Wrong! We know that Quill...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Psion Productivity Tips
In the three years since getting a QL, I continue to be surprised at little secrets it reveals.
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
Psion Productivity Tips
Ways to improve your use of the Psion programs that come with the QL.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
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,...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Psion Xchange
The four PSION programs are tied together in the XCHANGE with the ability to share information between the programs without...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Psion Xchange 3.90CATS NewsletterJuly 1993
Public Domain
The last year has seen a significant decrease in new programs for the QL. Tony Tebby has moved to France...
Dick TaylorNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
Public Domain LibrariesUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
Public Domain Software and the QLUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
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...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
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...
Marshall StilesQL ReportOctober 1988
Putting the SUPER into BASICSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
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...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
Q_LINKLISTing NewsletterOctober 1991
Q_LINK ReviewLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1987
Q_LINK ReviewZX-AppealOctober - November 1987
Q-emuLator
Q-emuLator is a new software emulator for the QL that runs on Macintosh computers. It includes no hardware parts and...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Q(L) TipCATS NewsletterMay 1987
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...
InfoworldJuly 9, 1984
Qandex Released
Hugh Howie has recently completed a labor of love in putting a summary of each and every article of any...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
QBIDE Hard Disk Interface
A QL compatible IDE hard disk interface is now a reality. Through the cooperation of Zeljko Nastasic of Croatia (designed...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QBox-USA BBS
QBox-USA is a computer bulletin board system (BBS) set up by QL enthusiasts in the US for all QL enthusiasts...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
QBox-USA BBS
Description of a BBS run on a Sinclair QL.
Update MagazineApril 1994
QColumn
Regular QL column with two hardware tips (Microdrive safety during power-off and humidity considerations) and a full SuperBASIC type-in program...
Gabe SchafferThe RAMTOPSep-Oct 1987
QD and QBASIC Review
QD is an unusual editor for the QL for two reasons; firstly because it uses the Pointer Environment, and secondly...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
QD The Editor V5.00
QD – What is it? In simple terms it is a pointer driven ASCII text file editor. It does not...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
QD Version 8.03
The text editing program, QD, has been undergoing constant revision by Jochen Merz over the last few years and has...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
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....
Will HortonNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
QDOS Filters
Filter programs are common in the UNIX world, but they are found to a varying extent on other platforms (such...
QL Hacker’s JournalJune 1995
QDOS in a Laboratory
the beginning there was a little Casio calculator. Being a laboratory for food and water analysis, we needed many calculations....
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
QDOS Rights
A new item I learned this month is that the QDOS rights to North America is held by Mechanical Affinity....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
QDOS ROM Code
Details about QDOS.
Update MagazineApril 1990
QDOS vs Other Operating SystemsZX-AppealSummer 1990
QDOS, QL – The Future
First of all, this article describes my personal impressions – I’m not a fortune teller! Some people ask about the...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1995
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...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
QHJ Announces New FreewareZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
QHJ FreewareZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
QHJ Freeware Awards
Over the last couple of weeks I have seen a number of award shows, like the Screen Actors Guild Awards,...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
QHJ Freeware Awards
Last Issue I introduced the QHJ Freeware Awards and asked for votes on programs for each category. My original idea...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1995
QHJ Off the NetZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
QHJ Print Formatter
The last four issues of the QHJ have beed done using Quill. Quill is a decent word processor but it...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
QHJ Reader Survey
In the time that I’ve been doing the QHJ I have received responses like “good job”, “nice work”, but very...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
QIndexSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
QLSinc-LinkNovember/Decemember 1992
QL
Connecting surplus RGB monitor to QL
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1989
QL
RGB monitor from Active Surplus for QL.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
QL – PC Fileserver
In the past, a number of articles have been written describing how to transfer files from a QL to a...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
QL – Printers and QuillSinc-LinkNovember/December 1989
QL — First Impressions
The editor shares first impressions of the Sinclair QL purchased from Quantum Computing at $199, with particular attention to the...
Steve BergThe Sinc TimesFebruary 1987
QL ‘n PacketCATS NewsletterDecember 1988
QL ‘n Packet
Alex in July, “Friends of Qzx”, told the readers I was trying to put my QL on Packet. I am...
Bob DiggsCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
QL ‘n Packet
Here again, back in Florıda after a month of travel to California, Arizona and Mexico. Being exposed to the PC...
Bob DiggsCATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
QL “Quicky” DirSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
QL (Quantum Leap) Computers Put Together, Dissected at CATS MeetingCATS NewsletterFebruary 1987
QL <-> MSDOS <-> QXL
In previous articles, I have discussed file transfer techniques between the QL Psion suite and the *de facto” MSDOS standard...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QL + MSDOS
The ability to access the many MSDOS programs is enticing. A look thru catalogs of 3 West Coast dealers in...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
QL 2000
Before I explain my ideas on a possible successor to the QL, | will attempt to clarify a few points....
International QL ReportNovember/December 1995
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
QL Abacus <-> MSDOS Lotus
Welcome to part 3 of the QL <–> MSDOS applications data transfer series. In this section, we will examine the...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
QL Abacus/Spreadsheet “Tips”, Part I
Suggestiosn for using the program better.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1987
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...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
QL Acey-Digety Game
Game in SuperBasic.
Update MagazineJanuary 1993
QL Acey-Ducey GameHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterFebruary 1989
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...
International QL Report
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
QL Antenna Program
Calculates antenna size for specific frequencies.
QZXApril 1988
QL Archive RevisitedUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
QL Archive-BluprintSLUG NewsletterAugust 1987
QL Backup UtilityCATS NewsletterFebruary 1987
QL BackupsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
QL BannerZX-AppealMarch - April 1989
QL Banner
Reprinted from Timelinez, March 1987.
The PlotterSeptember 1987
QL Banner
This is a little neatsy-keen program that I originaly wrote years ago, on the ZX81. The user types up to...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterMay 1989
QL Banner
Continued from last issue.
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJune 1989
QL BannerThe RAMTOPSummer 1989
QL BannersCATS NewsletterJune 1992
QL Battery Backed ClockSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
QL BBS Message Reader
The first release of the QL BBS Message Reader is now currently available as Freeware. This program allows for easy...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QL Beginners Section
Copied from Quanta News v2i10 Nov 85.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1988
QL Boot ProgramSMUG BytesNovember 1988
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...
LeBaron WashingtonCATS NewsletterJuly 1989
QL CSMUG BytesDecember 1988
QL C: The Two VersionsSMUG BytesFebruary 1989
QL Cartridge Backup ProgramThe PlotterFebruary 1989
QL Cartridge Print-outSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
QL Chaos Program
SuperBASIC program implementing the logistic map chaotic attractor for the Sinclair QL. Uses WINDOW, FOR/NEXT loops, and POINT commands to...
Andy HradeskyTimelinezApril 1989
QL Characteristics
About half of the subscribers to UP-DATE are owners of both the TS-2068 and tlie Sinclair QL, the latest member...
Update MagazineJuly 1988
QL Circuit DiagramLISTing NewsletterMarch 1994
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....
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
QL Color ChartLISTing NewsletterAugust 1987
QL Color ChartLISTing NewsletterJune - August 1989
QL Color Composite Monitor JackNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1989
QL Column
Reprints computer emoticons/smileys from the January 1987 issue of Office Automation, then presents a SuperBASIC graphic clock program originally written...
Gabe SchafferThe RAMTOPApr 1987
QL Column: Tips
A collection of practical SuperBASIC tips for the Sinclair QL covering TV/monitor mode switching POKEs, CAPS LOCK POKEs, screen freeze...
Gabe SchafferThe RAMTOPMar 1987
QL Computer “Kit” Notes
In the paragraphs to follow we thought we will share our experience of the QL Kit with LIST readers. To...
Nazir A. Pashtoon
Paul Donnelly
LISTing NewsletterJanuary -February 1987
QL Computer Kit Illustrated Parts ListISTUG NewsletterSeptember - October 1990
QL Cooling Problems, Part 1LISTing NewsletterDecember 1987
QL CornerSWYMMay 1990
QL Corner
This months article has been inspired by Harvey Rait, President of the LIST Group. Harvey’s QL power supply failed and...
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL Corner
This summer I spent much of my time learning to use the many new features of XCHANGE and XCHANGE Quill....
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL Corner
I would like to discuss an additional operation for printing documentation from within Quill. I have recently received requests from...
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL Corner
It seems that I had left out two important voltage readings pertaining to the QL Power Supply article last month....
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL Corner
This month I’d like to ramble on about printers. As you may recall, last month I had written about the...
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL Corner
I would like to present some oL tips that I find useful when programming or probing about a QL for...
Bob GilderLISTing NewsletterOctober 1994
QL CornerUpdate MagazineOctober 1993
QL CornerUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
QL CornerZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
QL Corner
Review of computer fair in Boston.
LISTing NewsletterSeptember 1996
QL Corner
American vendors selling QL and software.
ZX-AppealMarch 1986
QL Corner
Author discovers depth of support, touches on number and variety of products.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1986
QL Corner
Review of QL-related news over the year.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
QL Corner
Di-Ren keyboard interface; Super Hermes; keyboard connections.
Update MagazineApril 1996
QL Corner
Patch to fix date problem; repairing the power connector; repairing the keyboard.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
QL Corner Extra: Super Gold CardLISTing NewsletterMarch 1994
QL Corner: AT Keyboard InterfacesLISTing NewsletterDecember 1995
QL Corner: BooksLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1995
QL Corner: CheckbookLISTing NewsletterNovember 1996
QL Corner: Computer Fair, Serial Chip ReplacementLISTing NewsletterApril 1995
QL Corner: Connector OxidationLISTing NewsletterJune 1995
QL Corner: Convention, SCSILISTing NewsletterApril 1994
QL Corner: DJToolkitLISTing NewsletterNovember 1993
QL Corner: EPROMs, Ultra Gold CardLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1997
QL Corner: Expansion OptionsLISTing NewsletterOctober 1992
QL Corner: Graphic CharactersLISTing NewsletterMay 1994
QL Corner: Guess the number gameLISTing NewsletterDecember 1997
QL Corner: Guide to Trouble ShootingLISTing NewsletterMarch 1991
QL Corner: INT DemoThe PlotterOctober 1986
QL Corner: INT DemoThe PlotterDecember 1986
QL Corner: IQLR 2nd AnniversaryLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1992
QL Corner: IQLR Disks, IBM EmulatorLISTing NewsletterDecember 1994
QL Corner: IQLR, 256 ColorsLISTing NewsletterApril - May 1996
QL Corner: Magazines, Super Gold CardLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1994
QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold CardLISTing NewsletterNovember 1991
QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold CardLISTing NewsletterAugust 1991
QL Corner: Miracle Systems Gold Card ReviewLISTing NewsletterOctober 1991
QL Corner: Misc Repair TechniquesLISTing NewsletterNovember 1994
QL Corner: North American QL ShowLISTing NewsletterMarch 1997
QL Corner: North American QL Show ReportLISTing NewsletterMay 1997
QL Corner: Perfection PlusLISTing NewsletterMarch 1995
QL Corner: Places to Find DealsLISTing NewsletterJuly - August 1994
QL Corner: Power Supply RepairLISTing NewsletterDecember 1993
QL Corner: Power Supply RepairLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1994
QL Corner: PrintingLISTing NewsletterMarch 1993
QL Corner: Printing from QuillLISTing NewsletterMay 1993
QL Corner: Programming EPROMsLISTing NewsletterDecember 1996
QL Corner: PublicationsLISTing NewsletterNovember 1992
QL Corner: QL Power SupplyLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1994
QL Corner: QL ProductsLISTing NewsletterJune 1993
QL Corner: QUANTA LibrariansLISTing NewsletterJune 1997
QL Corner: QUANTA LibraryLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1996
QL Corner: QUANTA LibraryLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1997
QL Corner: QUANTA LibraryLISTing NewsletterMarch 1996
QL Corner: Quanta LibraryLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1996
QL Corner: Read, Data & RestoreLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1998
QL Corner: Rehousing a QLLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1997
QL Corner: Repair TipsLISTing NewsletterApril 1993
QL Corner: Short ProgramsLISTing NewsletterNovember 1990
QL Corner: SMSQ/ELISTing NewsletterFebruary 1995
QL Corner: SMSQ/ELISTing NewsletterJanuary 1995
QL Corner: Super Gold CardLISTing NewsletterMarch 1994
QL Corner: Suppliers, New ExpansionsLISTing NewsletterOctober 1995
QL Corner: Taskmaster Date PatchLISTing NewsletterNovember 1995
QL Corner: The Editor SELISTing NewsletterFebruary 1996
QL Corner: Ultra Gold CardLISTing NewsletterNovember 1997
QL Corner: UNGIF ViewerLISTing NewsletterMay 1995
QL Corner: Video DigitizerLISTing NewsletterFebruary 1993
QL Corner: XCHANGELISTing NewsletterOctober 1993
QL Corner: XchangeLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1993
QL Corner: XTRICATORLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1993
QL Crashes – An Easy Fix
Fix to the QL power supply with an SCR.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
QL Crater
Short program to demonstrate graphics ability by plotting 3D function.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
QL CuresSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QL Date Gate: Making Modifications to DBEASYZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
QL Desktop Publishing
Brief overview of Page Designer.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
QL Desktop PublishingUpdate MagazineApril 1991
QL Desktop Publishing
Notes on DTP using the QL applications.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
QL Draw RoutineTimelinezJuly - August 1988
QL Drive Formatter
Short program to format QL tapes.
SynapseJanuary/February 1986
QL DumpThe PlotterJune 1989
QL Easel/Business Graphics “Tips”Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
QL Emulator for the AmigaNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1990
QL Emulator for the Amiga and Some Miscellaneous RamblingsUpdate MagazineJanuary 1991
QL Etcher
Etch-a-Sketch for the QL.
Time Designs MagazineNovember/December 1986
QL Failure Modes
The following info. concerning possible failure modes of QL computers was gathered after talking with experienced users and QL dealers....
Nazir A. PashtoonLISTing NewsletterJanuary -February 1987
QL FAQ and Resource PointerLISTing NewsletterNovember 1997
QL FAQ and resources pointerUpdate MagazineApril 1996
QL FAQ and Resources pointer, news on news
Where to find QL resources, circa May 1996.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
QL FixesLISTing NewsletterMarch 1992
QL Flight Simulator
Review of the QL game from Microdeal.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
QL Flight Simulator by Microdeal
Review of the Microdeal QL Flight Simulator. Wire-frame graphics update approximately twice per second; reviewer notes the keyboard memory control...
Tim SwensonTimelinezNovember 1988
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...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
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...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
QL for JoyLISTing NewsletterJuly 1987
QL for the MacThe RAMTOPFall 1996
QL Gas Guide
Program to determine whether you should spend extra money to purchase premium gasoline instead of regular
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
QL Genealogist
QL GENEALOGIST by Chris Boutal is a program that allows the user to prepare a family history. It is one...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
QL Genealogist
QL_GENEALOGIST, 2nd Edition is an update to Chris Boutal’s very innovative and well received QL_GENEALOGIST Family Tree program.
Gary NortonInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
QL GenealogistGary NortonInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QL Gold CardSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1991
QL Gold Card Uses 2.88 Meg DrivesThe RAMTOPSpring 1993
QL Graphics
The graphics commands in Superbasic provide a very convenient tool for the screen designer because they automatically look after the...
Howard ClaseQL ReportApril 15, 1987
QL Graphics Toolkit
Short blurb about Landscape Creator.
ZX-AppealFebruary 1986
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1995
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1995
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1996
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1996
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1998
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1998
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1998
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1999
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1999
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2000
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Winter 2000
QL Hacker’s JournalZXir QLive Alive!Spring 2002
QL Hacker’s Journal #14CATS NewsletterAugust 1993
QL Hacker’s Journal #15CATS NewsletterNovember 1993
QL Hacker’s Journal #26CATS NewsletterFebruary 1997
QL Hardware FixesThe RAMTOPWinter 1994
QL Hardware LibrarySinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
QL Heat Problem CorrectedSincus NewsSeptember - October 1989
QL Hint: Using QUILLLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1987
QL HistorySinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
QL Home Finance-Revisited
In the early days of the QL, Sinclair released a number of third party software packages under the Sinclair banner....
Roy ArsenaultInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
QL in Europe
WA6DLI, Bob, sent me some interesting information about QL hardware and software available in Europe. It seems that there is...
Alex Burr (K5XY)QZXApril 1993
QL in the Office: Archive
Describes use of QL in engineering production.
CATS NewsletterApril 1993
QL InfoSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1989
QL Interfaces
Over the years there has been many add-ons for the QL. Here are drawings of many of them so that...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QL is Making Slow But Steady Progress
Industry overview of the Sinclair QL’s progress in early 1986: CompuServe T/S conference increasingly QL-dominated, especially modem connectivity via hardware...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezFebruary/March 1986
QL Jots and TittlesSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
QL Journey
Once again I experienced that little ‘rush’ I get when I receive something from fellow QLers. I can’t wait to...
Stephen OstranderNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
QL Keyboard 90 Interface
Juergen Falkenberg of COMPUTER TECHNIK has launched, and is delivering his new KEYBOARD INTERFACE. We believe it to be the...
International QL Report
QL Keyboard ConnectionsUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
QL Keyboard Matrix ChartLISTing NewsletterOctober 1990
QL Keyboard Membrane RepairsSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
QL Languages
With some recent ports of AWK and LISP to the QL, I wondered exactly how many languages are available for...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
QL LibrarySinc-LinkNovember/December 1989
QL Library DisksLISTing NewsletterMarch 1991
QL Library ReportSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1993
QL Logo Implementation in SuperBASIC
Implements a subset of Logo turtle graphics commands as SuperBASIC procedures for the Sinclair QL, including FD/BK (movement), RT/LT (turning),...
Tim SwensonTimelinezFebruary 1989
QL Mail File HintsUpdate MagazineApril 1989
QL Meanderings and One-LinersSinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
QL Media ManagersUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
QL MenuZX-AppealSummer 1990
QL MenueNite-Times NewsMarch - April 1990
QL Microdrive Formatter
A short QL SuperBASIC program that automatically formats two microdrive cartridges (one in each drive) for a user-specified number of...
Bill RussellTimelinezApril 1986
QL MIDISinc-LinkMarch/April 1990
QL NETWORKingNite-Times NewsMay - June 1989
QL Networking
Claims abound for computer hardware and software. The original claims for SINCLAIR’S QL (aka ZX-83) promised the capability of a...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
QL News
May is here and hopefully the QL will be too sometime soon . We have seen a lot of new...
QL ReportMay 1985
QL News
The big news this month, as most of you by now should know, is that you can order the QL...
QL ReportJune 1985
QL News
On Monday, June 17th, the Wall Street Journal reported that controlling interest in Sinclair Research was purchased by Robert Maxwell,...
QL ReportJuly 1985
QL News
So it is August and within the last month the 68000 market has really heated up! Commodore unveiled the highly...
QL ReportAugust 1985
QL News
Finally the GL is shipping. These last few months have been chaotic to say the least. In the August Report...
QL ReportSeptember 1985
QL News
Effective today, the price of the QL drops to $299.95 and is available from Curry Computer. Our first order is...
QL ReportNovember 1985
QL News
Well, Merry Christmas! We hope you all had a Happy 1985 and that 1986 will be an even better year...
QL ReportDecember 1985
QL News
Happy New Year to all of you. We want to start 1986 by thanking all of you for subscribing to...
QL ReportJanuary 1986
QL News
We lead off this issue with the exciting news that finally you can use your QL for telecommunications. We have...
QL ReportFebruary 1986
QL News
We are seeing a very large increase in the number of QL sales which began last month. Word of mouth...
QL ReportMarch 1986
QL News
Well, Happy Tax Day. We hope you all have your returns going out on this date–at the latest. Let’s hope...
QL ReportApril 1986
QL News
We lead off this issue with a note of optimism. The following is a news squib we received from Mark...
QL ReportMay 1986
QL News
Well, here comes the summer. The QL has now been out one year in the U.S. We have gone from...
QL ReportJune 1986
QL News
There was a QL meeting of sorts held on June 23rd in England. Most of the third party companies sent...
QL ReportJuly 1986
QL News
Greetings from London! This issue we are “on the road” attending the PCW Show at the Olympia in London. We...
QL ReportSeptember 1986
QL News
Fall is here and with it comes a lot of new software £ and some hardware) for the QL. As...
QL ReportOctober 15, 1986
QL News
We lead off this issue with the news that Pyramide has released two mew titles for the GL. The first...
QL ReportNovember 15, 1986
QL News
Happy Holidays to all of you out there. It’s hard te believe this issue marks the end of almost two...
QL ReportDecember 15, 1986
QL News
Happy New Year! We hope 1987 is a good year for you. The year starts with QL “clones” being in...
QL ReportJanuary 15, 1987
QL News
This is the first issue of the QL Report printed with Front Page by Gap Software. We probably will do...
QL ReportFebruary 15, 1987
QL News
It looks like we will be going to the Computerfest in Indianapolis this year. The dates for the show are...
QL ReportMarch 15, 1987
QL News
Happy Tax Day again. We hope you all have your taxes done for Uncle Sam. If not, you’d better buy...
QL ReportApril 15, 1987
QL News
Well, we’re back from the Computerfest! It was a long way to go but it was certainly worth it to...
QL ReportMay 15, 1987
QL News
We have a lot of new material to cover in this issue. TRUMP CARD by Miracle Systems is here and...
QL ReportJune 15, 1987
QL News
Vell, here we are in another summer. This is traditionally the time when it slows doun for computer-related businesses. We...
QL ReportJuly 15, 1987
QL News
This is our second Report using Digital Precision’s DESKTOP PUBLISHER (DP) only this time we are actually writing the Report...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
QL News
As we head into autumn, we start this issue with some newsworthy items. Freddy Vacha of Digital Precision has informed...
QL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
QL News
Lot’s of QL news has come in from a variety of sources. I’ll do a quick summary of the various...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterFebruary 1992
QL News
Looking through the latest Spring/Summer 1989 Sharp’s catalog I see a couple interesting new products. There is a 3Ø Meg...
Dave BennettHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterAug 1989
QL News
We lead off this issue by apologising for jumping the gun about the battery clocks. We knew they were coming...
QL ReportOctober 15, 1987
QL News
This is the last issue of the QL Report. We started this publication in February 1985, offering it for free...
QL ReportDecember 1988
QL NewsISTUG NewsletterOctober 1986
QL NewsLISTing NewsletterDecember 1986
QL News and NotesLISTing NewsletterNovember 1992
QL News and RumoursISTUG NewsletterMay - June 1992
QL News and ViewsUpdate MagazineJanuary 1995
QL News from Around the World
QL emulator for Mac.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
QL News: Chaos BusterSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
QL Notes
Reviews the Zenkar 128K RAM expansion board (fits inside QL, heat issues, RAM chip recommendations, 5-year warranty) and the COPYTEK...
Thomas SimonThe RAMTOPMar-Apr 1988
QL Notes
Reader recommends QUANTA; expansion products from Sharp’s.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
QL Numbers Into Text
This program converts a number (entered as numerals) into an equivalent word string.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
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...
Robert AdamComputer Trader MagazineSeptember 1986
QL on Packet
One ham’s experience using the QL to communicate via packet radio.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterApril 1988
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterMay 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterJune 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterOctober 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterDecember 1987
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterMay 1988
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterJanuary 1988
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterAugust 1988
QL on the QTCATS NewsletterDecember 1988
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...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterJuly 1987
QL on the QT
WRITETURN Last month | promised an in depth look at Writeturn, Sector Software’s answer to the problem of “the too...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterSeptember 1988
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...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
QL One-Chip ModCATS NewsletterJune 1987
QL Pascal
What is Pascal? It is the name of a French mathematician and philosopher (Blaise, P., 1623-1662}, but it is also...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterJune 1989
QL Pascal Development Kit Review
Review of the Metacomet Pascal Development Kit for the Sinclair QL. Package includes two tapes, a ROM cartridge, and a...
Tim SwensonTimelinezJanuary 1987
QL Peintre
Painting program for the QL.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
QL Pente
Besides computers, board gaming is one of my other hobbies. My interest goes the full gamut of board games, from...
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1995
QL Perks & QuirksUpdate MagazineJuly 1989
QL PokesSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
QL PrimerSWYMFebruary 1991
QL PrimerSWYMMarch 1991
QL PrimerSWYMApril 1991
QL PrimerSWYMNovember - December 1991
QL PrimerSWYMJanuary - February 1992
QL PrimerSinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
QL Printer Codes
Presents a SuperBASIC procedure Set_Codes that defines Epson-compatible printer escape sequences as string variables, plus companion procedures Test_Run and Save_Codes....
Frank ToemayThe Sinc Times (2)May/June/July 1988
QL PrintoutsCATS NewsletterJune 1987
QL Productivity Tips
A collection of three SuperBASIC productivity tips for the Sinclair QL: using the slash-zero character (CTRL+SHIFT+FP) in printer output for...
Peter HaleTimelinezNovember 1988
QL Program: QL Crypt File EncoderCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
QL Programming Tips
I never saw it mentioned anywhere specifically, but I have found that in SuperBASIC you run into trouble if you...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
QL Public Domain Software
One thing lacking in IQLR at the moment is news about QL PD Software especially what is offered on the...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QL QornerThe PlotterSeptember 1986
QL Quill v microdrivesLISTing NewsletterMarch - April 1987
QL Quill/Word Processor TipsTime Designs MagazineNovember/December 1986
QL Quill/Word Processor Tips
Power user tips from Mike de Sosa.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
QL Quill/Word Processor Tips, Part IITime Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1987
QL Quirks
The article on page 17, UPDATE, Jan ’89, by Oscar Sensabaugh presents a problem which has a solution. I am...
Update MagazineApril 1989
QL RAM Extension
The accompanying circuit is an application of the TMS4500A as RAM extension for the 68008. This chip can drive a...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
QL RAM ExtensionZX-AppealSummer 1988
QL RAMDiskCATS NewsletterDecember 1988
QL Real-Time ClockZX-AppealSummer 1987
QL Real-Time ClockSLUG NewsletterSpecial Edition
QL RemediesThe RAMTOPWinter 1989
QL Repair Sources/TS-2068 Repair Sources
Dan Elliott and Tom Bent are recommended for QL. Elliot also repairs TS-2068.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
QL Report
Notes about the QL, comparison of the QL to Amiga and Atari ST computers. Games and books about the QL...
T-S HorizonsNovember 1984
QL Report
May is here and hopefully the QL will be too sometime soon. We have seen a lot of new products...
T-S HorizonsMay/June 1985
QL Resources & Accessories, Cheap!CATS NewsletterJune 1987
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...
Dave Bennett
Rudy A. Hilsmann
Harrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterNov 1989
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....
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
QL ROM-Card
In our endeavor to bring you interesting developments in the QL world, we’ve discovered an ideal expansion board for those...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
QL Screen Dump for Gorilla Banana PrinterLISTing NewsletterOctober 1991
QL Section NewsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
QL Serial Cable PrintoutsLISTing NewsletterMay 1991
QL Serial Connections
Provides wiring diagrams for connecting the QL SER2 port to a modem and for a direct QL-to-PC serial cable. Includes...
Harvey Taylor
Mark Wahl
The RAMTOPWinter 1993
QL Serial to Parallel Converter
Full circuit documentation for converting the Sinclair QL’s 9600-baud serial RS232 output to Centronics parallel format, enabling use of standard...
Rex LundgrenTimelinezFebruary 1989
QL Shorts
Sound Experimenter and Easel Print for the QL.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1987
QL ShowZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
QL SIGSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
QL SIG MeetingSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
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...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJuly 1990
QL Software Review
Review of program collection Nucleon by Pyramide for the QL. So far I’ve been mostly confused by the documentation, which...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
QL Solitaire
Review of the game from Softshoe Software.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1992
QL Sound ExperimenterLISTing NewsletterOctober 1987
QL Sound Explorer
Program to make sounds.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
QL Spares & Repairs
A growing number of our North American readers have written us concerning SPARE PARTS and/or QL REPAIRS. We find that...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
QL Spin Doctor
I’ve always had a fascination with disk drives. I I started working on computers 16 years ago when disk drives...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QL Spin Doctor
This issue I’d like to discuss Sony ED drives. First though, a few updates to last issues firmware lists for...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
QL Stories from the Mountain Tops
QL news covering the new Minerva ROM (fixes all known bugs, includes Super Toolkit, supports CST hard drives, runs Thor...
Christopher RaynakThe RAMTOPMar-Apr 1988
QL Submissions Invited
Request for articles for QL Review.
SyncWare NewsJan-Feb 1986
QL Substitution
Here’s a program with a very useful function that can save you several minutes of hard work. It takes any...
Real GagnonSINDecember 1986 - January 1987
QL SuccessSinc-LinkMay/June 1992
QL Super Basic
In the last issue I gave you a brief overview of the hardware angle to Sinclair’s latest computer, the QL....
SyncWare NewsJul-Aug 1985
QL Support
Have you heard the latest? A rumor has been circulating in Great Britain for a couple of months now, that...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
QL support takes a quantum leap at last
Reprint.
The Sinc Times
QL Support World WideSMUG BytesJune 1989
QL Survivor’s Source BookZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1991
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...
International QL Report
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
QL Sync SignalsISTUG NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
QL System Variables
Reference guide to selected Sinclair QL system variables with addresses, sizes, and usage notes. Covers RAMTOP+1 (memory expansion detection at...
Tim SwensonTimelinezJuly-December 1989
QL Tidbits
The average IQLR reader and we assume it holds true for the general QL population has 2.4 QLs.
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
QL Tidbits and Tips Since the Last IssueUpdate MagazineOctober 1993
QL TipNite-Times NewsSeptember 1987
QL Tip
Using a 1200 baud modem without a Modapter.
The Data ExpansionOctober 1987
QL TipThe PlotterAugust 1988
QL Tip: 1200 Baud ModemCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
QL Tips
Tips on printing from the QL.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
QL Tips
Setting all caps mode; preventing procedure crashes caused by name conflicts.
Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1986
QL to IBM RGB Monitor ConnectionsLISTing NewsletterDecember 1994
QL to IBM RGB Monitor ConnectionsLISTing NewsletterMarch 1991
QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections
Reprinted from LISTings newsletter.
ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1993
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...
Bob GilderNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
QL to IBM Transfers
How to transfer files over serial cable.
Update MagazineApril 1993
QL to Monitor — Come In! Buffering the QL
Connecting a reconditioned monitor to the Sinclair QL.
The Data ExpansionDecember 1987
QL to Monitor… Come In! Buffering the QLCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
QL to PC Clone CableTimelinezJuly - August 1988
QL to use CD ROMsThe RAMTOPSummer 1995
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1993
QL to Z88 LinkupUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
QL TodayLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1997
QL Today NotesZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1999
QL Try-ItSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
QL TTL-BITSSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
QL User Defined GraphicsTimelinezJanuary - June 1988
QL User Group FormingISTUG NewsletterFebruary 1988
QL Utilities
Some utilities are used time and again in one’s computer operations. Each of us has our favorite utilities. This program...
Richard ParkerCATS NewsletterAugust 1989
QL Utilities
Program listing.
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterOctober 1989
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...
Richard ParkerCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
QL VAL String Function
Short program to evaluate functions in strings.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
QL VAL String Function
A long time ago I saw a note by Mike de Sosa on the lack of the VAL string function...
Robert HartungThe Data ExpansionMarch 1988
QL Video Output CircuitZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
QL vs. TS-2068Nite-Times NewsMarch - April 1992
QL Wayfarer
Overview of QL software/hardware.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1987
QL Wayfarer
Notes from a QL user.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1987
QL Wayfarer
Update on QL scene; video recordings of seven seminars from the Seattle Mini Fair available from Rod Gowan.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1988
QL WoesSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1993
QL WoesNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1993
QL WoesZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1994
QL WoesLISTing NewsletterJanuary 1994
QL World – RIP
We have heard that Arcwind, the publisher of “QL World”, the premier QL publication, is calling it a day. Number...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
QL World Lives
QL WORLD is publishing again. It was purchased by ARC WIND, LTD., an owner of specialty magazines previously best known...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
QL World Sold Again
It has just been reported to IQLR, that QL WORLD has been SOLD by the people who purchased it from...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
QL World Tidbits
For those of you who would like more information on a comparison between the two desktop programs for the QL,...
QL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
QL_DOCSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
QL_Genealogist
Review of the program by Chris Boutal.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
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...
John Impellizzeri
Don Walterman
International QL ReportJuly/August 1993
QL-Corner
One user’s view of the QL.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1986
QL-Crypt File Encoder
A QL SuperBASIC utility for encrypting and decrypting Sinclair ASCII text files using a password. The password is hashed to...
Tim SwensonTimelinezJune 1987
QL-Keyboard-90SMUG BytesOctober 1991
QL-Keyboard-90CATS NewsletterAugust 1991
QL-Oriented PeriodicalsZX-AppealJanuary 1987
QL: Capson et CapsoffSINAugust-September 1987
QL: Copieur
When the time comes to make a backup copy of a microdrive, the process can be long and tedious if...
Jean-Claude TouzinSINJune-July 1987
QL: Definition de Window
Here’s a utility that can help you determine the correct parameters for the WINDOW command.
Real GagnonSINOctober-November 1986
QL: Expansion RAMReal GagnonSINApril-May 1987
QL: First Look — Psion Software and Microdrives (Conclusion)
Continuation assessing the four Psion programs: Database (needs disk for large data); Spreadsheet (16,000+ cells, very fast); Business Graphics (easy...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezOctober/November 1985
QL: Generateur de Calendrier
Here is a program that generates a calendar for the year and month you want.
Jean-Claude TouzinSINApril-May 1987
QL: Generateur de Mots Caches
Here’s a program that transforms your word search into a word search generator.
Yves GagnonSINApril-May 1987
QL: Lecture de fichier
If you can’t open a program on your computer, and you don’t have ‘Doctor’ or ‘QDoctor’ software to recover the...
Yves GagnonSINAugust-September 1987
QL: Link_BAS
SUPERBASIC allows programmers a relatively easy way to add new commands. However, when it comes to using these commands, they...
Real GagnonSINOctober 1987
QL: Mon Opinion
Since I’ve had a QL for a few days now, I thought I’d share my first impressions.
Jean-Claude TouzinSINDecember 1986 - January 1987
QL: Our First Look
Preliminary review of the Sinclair QL five months after ordering. Covers SuperBASIC command entry (typed keywords, no single-keystroke), lack of...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezOctober/November 1985
QL: Programmes Divers
Here are three useful programs. The first program lets you enter text and the computer will tell you how many...
Yves GagnonSINOctober-November 1986
QL: Project Planner
If you are facing a project of a certain size (building a house, a garage, developing software, opening a business,...
Jean-Claude TouzinSINApril-May 1987
QL: Psion 1-2-3
Those familiar with PCs or who work with compatible computers in the office are well acquainted with integrated software like...
SINFebruary-March 1987
QL: Substitution
Here’s a little utility that will definitely come in handy someday. Let’s say you have a program that references `mdv1`...
Real GagnonSINJune-July 1987
QL/IBM PCSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
QL/MS-DOSThe PlotterJune 1989
QLAMBer
File management utility.
Update MagazineApril 1994
QLAMBer UpdateUpdate MagazineOctober 1994
QLAMBer UpdateZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1998
QLAND_LORDSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
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...
Update MagazineApril 1989
QLATterZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
QLAW Update
SUPER QL PROJECT: Up until now, we’ve been deliberately vague about future plans, so as not to raise expectations and...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
QLAY 0.85 First Look & MoreZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1998
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...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1992
QLerk
Review of the program by Bill Cable.
Update MagazineJanuary 1994
QLerkSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
QLIPSSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkNovember/Decemember 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkMay/June 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkMay/June 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkNovember/December 1993
QLIPSSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
QLipsSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
QLipsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
QLipsSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
QLipsSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
QLipsSinc-LinkMay/June 1989
QLipsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
QLipsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
QLipsSinc-LinkNovember/December 1989
QLipsSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1989
QLIPSSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
QLIPSSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
QLIPSSinc-LinkJuly/August 1991
QLIPSSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
QLIPSSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
QLIPSCATS NewsletterJanuary 1993
QLIPS and the Origin There-OfSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1992
QLips: Does the QL Mult-Task? Not Quite.Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1989
QLIPS: More on the GoldSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
QLIPS: Super Disk IndexerSinc-LinkMay/June 1993
QLPatch
One of the problems I’ve encountered in publishing souce code in the QHJ, is the dilemma of publishing a newer...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1992
QLQ DemoLISTing NewsletterMay 1997
QLs On The Internet
The Internet is a loose collection of worldwide computers and networks, connected by some sort of physical and logical link....
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
QLuMSi
Tool to make transition between QDOS and MSDOS easier.
Update MagazineApril 1995
QLuMSi – Recent ChangesZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
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...
Al FengNite-Times NewsJanuary/February 1995
QLuMSi 4.80Update MagazineJuly 1995
QLuMSi DOSZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1994
QLuMSi DOSNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1991
QLuMSi DOS v4.20Update MagazineOctober 1993
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...
Al FengNite-Times NewsJanuary/February 1994
QLUSTer UpgradeZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1994
QLUSTer UpgradeNite-Times NewsNovember - December 1993
QLUSTer v4.305Nite-Times NewsMarch - April 1991
QLuSTer v5.105Update MagazineOctober 1993
QLUSTer_LITEZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1991
QLUSTer_LITE
Iteration of QLUSTer program.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
QLUSTer/QL_Utilities
Utility for file management.
Update MagazineApril 1991
QLUTter_BASZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
QLX Arrives
The recent announcement of Miracle Systems QLX card for the IBM has caused a great flurry of interest both here...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
QMATHS 1
“QMATHS'” first appeared in DP’s ads around December 1991 (not having the Sept & Oct 91 QL Worlds, I can’t...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
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...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
QMATHS 2 – A Review
Recently two pieces of Public Domain Software have been sent to IQLR for the purpose of making them available to...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
QMOSAIC Chronicles
User experiences with a non-graphical web browser for the QL.
Update MagazineApril 1996
QMOSAIC ChroniclesZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1996
QoLumnThe RAMTOPAugust 1986
QoLumnThe RAMTOPJanuary 1987
QoLumnThe RAMTOPJuly 1986
QoLumnThe RAMTOPNovember - December 1986
QoLumnThe RAMTOPOctober 1986
QoLumnThe RAMTOPSeptember 1986
Qool QL
Some of you who have never encountered heating problems with your QL before, might discover that about August 15, or...
Time Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
QPAC2 (My) Boot
There has been a lot said and written about QPAC 2. The designer of this program (Mr. Tony Tebby) made...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QPAC2 for Starters
If you are one of those people who have purchased QPAC2 but have never actually used it then this is...
Stuart HoneyballInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1995
QPAC2 Version Numbers
I keep getting asked about the differences in more recent versions of QPAC2, so here is a list of changes,...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
QPC The Missing LinkZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1997
QPC UpdateZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1998
QPC2 for WindowsZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2002
QROFF Postscript Filter
I know of a few QL users that have postscript printers at work and transfer QL documents to another word...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
QSPELL – A Review
Review of the spell-checking program for the QL.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1986
QSPELL: A ReviewTime Designs MagazineMay/June 1986
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...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
Quanta
Most QL owners are now aware of QUANTA (QL Users And Tinkerers Association) which publishes a monthly newsletter of software...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
QUANTA IndexSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
Quanta Library
Some time ago, I was approached by my young daughter who wanted to produce banners on the QL. Unfortunately there...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Quanta LibraryThe RAMTOPSummer 1992
Quanta Library Update
We have recently received the latest additions to the Quanta Library. The first four disks are in a compressed form....
Bob DylInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Quanta Program ReviewsCATS NewsletterAugust 1991
Quanta, the Library, and Page Designer
Review of programs and resources for the QL.
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1988
QUANTA’s Feb 1992 revisions of the LibraryISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1992
QUANTA’s Jan 1991 revisions for the LibraryISTUG NewsletterMarch - April 1991
Quantum Leap
The Sinclair QL at the CES show.
Synchro-SetteJune 1984
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
Quelling Crazy QuillCATS NewsletterFebruary 1990
Query about Lighthouse program
Reader has difficulty reproducing results with same printer.
Update MagazineJuly 1992
Query on Abacus
When using ABACUS on the QL I can ORDER the rows spreadsheet by selecting a column on which to Order,...
Sherm WatermanSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
Quick Copy Utility for the QL (Part 1)
Introduces the Qcopy microdrive backup utility for the Sinclair QL, describing four versions (with/without volume name, with/without directory). Provides a...
Christopher RaynakThe RAMTOPMar 1987
Quick Mandelbrot III
Quick Mandelbrot III is the latest upgrade to the program. Among the updates are an increase in maximum iterations to...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
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...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
Quill – Deskjet 500
This is a follow up on printing with the DESKJET 500 printer from the last issue of IQLR. This time...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Quill — Save — Same Document?Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Quill and Toolkit_2Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
QUILL Filesaver
This program reads a damaged QUILL file and converts it to a plain text file.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Quill Filesaver
More than once, my QL has mangled a long Quill document through poor disk or microdrive I/O. Either I removed...
Jim RodlinSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
QUILL Print DriverSMUG BytesDecember 1989
Quill Reader
One of the major defects of QUILL is the lack of an “EXPORT” function. Only after release 2.35, PSION added...
QL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1994
QUILL Users Tip
Short tip for users of the QUILL word processor on the Sinclair QL: how to jump to the previous or...
SMUG BytesNovember 1990
Quill With An Ill Will
Recently, I stumbled across an anomalous (actually, berserk might be more like it !) behavior of Quill during the attempted...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
Quilling on the QL
User’s notes on Quill word procesor.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1986
QuizMaster II
QUIZMASTER II is a recently upgraded program originally developed by Impact Entertainments in 1988. The program was upgraded in 1993...
Claude SchleyerInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
QXL – Miracle’s New PC Card
Brief description of PC coprocessor card that offered QL compatibility.
Update MagazineApril 1993
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...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1995
QXL GhostsZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1996
QXL In Command
In the last issue of IQLR, I (Tom) gave some preliminary observations on the Miracle Systems QXL. AI Boehm sent...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QXL In Command
The QXL uses the PC’s hard disk by formatting a segment of it for its own use. The segment can...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
QXL in Command
Early in November, the latest SMSQ version 2.31 arrived. It corrected the earlier glitches and both Al and Tom believe...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
QXL In Command
A program can be started in the QXL and it will continue computing when control is passed back to the...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
QXL In Command
There is a new QXL logo printed on a small plastic square that can be pasted on your computer so...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
QXL in Command
(Tom) recently purchased an IOMEGA Zip Drive for US $200. It connects to the parallel port of the PC and,...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportNovember/December 1995
QXL In Command
The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
QXL NotesZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1995
QXL NotesNite-Times NewsJuly - August 1994
QXL Notes – SequelZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
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...
Al FengNite-Times NewsJuly/August 1995
QXL TotesZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1995
QXL Update
Al Boehm has heard that Tony Tebby’s new version of SuperBasic for the QXL, SBasic, is finally ready. Al has,...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
QZ QLHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterJuly 1989
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....
Guillermo Antonio Garcia (LU8MAD)QZXJuly 1990
RamblingsSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1991
Ramblings QLSinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
Ramblings…
intend to cover several subjects in this article starting with the EMC directive. The EMC directive has already generated a...
Robin BarkerInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
RAMDISK Correction
An error occurred when I printed the RAM Disk article reproduced in the Nov/Dec 92 issue of IQLR.
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
RAMDISK for the QL
RAMdisking capabilities can increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory...
Mike MitchellSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
RAMDISK for the QL
RAMdisking capabilities саn increase the versatility of a computer by providing temporary file storage. RAMdisk reserves a portion of memory...
Mike MitchellCATS NewsletterSeptember 1988
RAMDISK for the QLMike MitchellCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
Rand_c
In translating one of my pet programs from SuperBasic (first it started in Pascal), I needed a number of random...
Tim Swenson
Herb Schaaf
QL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1991
Random ASCII Stereograms
In QHJ #9, Herb Schaaf wrote a program that created Random Dot Stereograms based on a Mathmatica program published in...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1992
Random Dot Stereograms
Random Dot Stereograms (RDS) can give the illusion of depth if you have binocular vision. Instead of the usual pair...
Herb SchaafQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
Random Dot StereogramsCATS NewsletterJanuary 1993
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
RDS (Random Dot Stereograms)
Somewhere in this issue of IQLR there should be a page with lots of dots on it; dots that seem...
Herb SchaafInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
READ.MAC for the QLThe RAMTOPSummer 1989
Reader Profiles
Michael Simpson, Anthony Magnus, and March Renick.
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Readership Survey
I received a total of 11 responses the the Readership Survey. Some of the surveys came with some long comments...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1994
Reading and Writing Other Disk FormatsCATS NewsletterSeptember 1990
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...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
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...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1991
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....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 2000
Recent Freeware Releases
A number of freeware programming packages have come my way. I have copies if anyone is interested. Most if these...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
Recent Freeware: APL
Richard Zidlicky has ported a version of APL to the QL. APL stands for A Programming Language. APL is known...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Recent Freeware: Clips
CLIPS is an expert system developed by NASA in 1986. It has been ported to the QL by Emiliano Barbaini...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
Recent Freeware: INFORM
INFORM is a language used to create text adventure games. It is based on the text adventures that the company...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Recent Freeware: REXX
The REXX language was derived from a batch language on the IBM System/370 called EXEC 2. It has since become...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
Recent Library Listings for the QL on CompuserveCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1994
Recent Ports
MausNet has brought news of a few recent ports to the QL. Below are the details: CRON – Elik Slagter...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
Recent QL FreewareZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1997
Recent Upgrades To MicroEmacs
MicroEmacs is becoming my favorite editor, esp. now that I have a Q40. As MicroEmacs becomes more powerful, it needs...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 2000
RecipesSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
Recursion in SuperBasic
Recursion in programming means a program can call itself. SuperBASIC supports recursion in both functions and procedures.
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
Reduce Number of Disks in Use with TK2Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
Refield Program
Program that allows one to add, restructure and delete fields in Archive databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Reflections
What kind of year has it been for the QL? As an individual involved with the QL since it’s introduction...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Regular Expressions
In all the years that I’ve been dealing with Unix, one of the things that I have not taken the...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1998
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...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1990
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...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Repairing the QL
The QL computer is a comparatively easy machine to repair as most it’s functions are controlled by specially designed ULA...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
Replace: An Archive Utility
Database systems and database oriented software play an increasingly important role in personal computing. Computers are fantastic for sorting and...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Report From Juergen Falkenberg
Juergen Falkenberg of COMPUTER TECHNIK reports, that he is now shipping improved versions of his QL SCANNER. He states, that...
International QL Report
Report from QL LibrarianSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
Report on Newport 2Update MagazineJuly 1994
Report on Oak Ridge QL ShowUpdate MagazineJuly 1995
Reprint of Sizebase
Reprinted from the first issue.
The Sinc Times (2)January 1988
Resident ProceduresTime Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1988
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...
Nazir A. PashtoonLISTing NewsletterJanuary -February 1987
Resources and Products for the QLLISTing NewsletterJanuary - February 1987
Resources for the QLCATS NewsletterApril 1987
Resources for the QLCATS NewsletterMay 1987
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Retrieving Lost_DOCS
It happens. More often with long files on microdrive, but it could happen on a floppy back to reLOAD disk....
Al FengHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterNov 1989
Retrieving LOST_DOCsNite-Times NewsJuly - August 1989
Reverse String
In one of the programming newsgroups I read, I saw a couple of postings dealing with how to reverse a...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Review of Chris Boutal’s Genealogist 3
An in-depth review of Genealogist 3, genealogy database software for the Sinclair QL by Chris Boutal. Covers family tree management,...
Hugh H. HowieSinc-LinkJuly/August 1994
Review of Chris Boutal’s Genealogist 3Update MagazineOctober 1994
Review of DBAddres, An Archive ProgramSMUG BytesJune 1989
Review of Front Page
Gap Software has recently released FRONT PAGE, the first desk top publishing program available for use on the Sinclair QL....
Rich BazanQL ReportJanuary 15, 1987
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....
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
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...
Rich BazanQL ReportNovember 15, 1986
Review of QINDEX
QINDEX, as the name applies is an indexing program. It will produce an index from either a Quill file or...
Gary NortonInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
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...
Rich BazanQL ReportApril 15, 1987
Review of the QL IBM EmulatorSMUG BytesApril 1989
Review: GRAPHIQL
Review of a CAD program for the QL.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
Review: QL Quick Posters
QUICK POSTERS published by Dilwyn Jones Computing, makes text only posters simple and effortlessly, by harnessing the facilities built into...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
RGB Monitor Cable
There has been renewed interest in the “Skip Fisher” adapter/buffer cable for the QL RGB monitor output. As many know,...
LeBaron WashingtonCATS NewsletterApril 1991
RGB Monitor Deal for QL/2068
Describes caseless industrial-grade Mitsubishi RGB monitors available through Xiph Computing for $70–$150, confirmed compatible with the Sinclair QL and Timex/Sinclair...
C. MontgomeryThe RAMTOPJan-Feb 1989
Rhode Island Show
This past May I made the trek to Rhode Island. Paul Holmgren was good enough to give me a ride....
CATS NewsletterNovember - December 1994
RLE and Desktop
RLE stands for Run-time encoded grophics and we first did an article on it in an issue of QLR last...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
RLE DecoderSLUG NewsletterAugust 1987
RLE Decoder for the QL
A SuperBASIC procedure named ‘picture’ that decodes run-length encoded (RLE) images and renders them on the Sinclair QL screen. Demonstrates...
The RAMTOPApr 1987
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...
Arthur P. Lewis IIIInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Rock’n’QL
During a recent phone conversation between myself and our esteemed editor I was asked to write something about how I...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
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,...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Routine Auto-Locator
Have you ever, in the course of developing a moderately complex SuperBasic program, found yourself scrolling madly up and down...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
RPN Calculator
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) is mathmatical convention for handling expressions. RPN is most commonly found in Hewlett-Packard calculators. RPN, like...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
RS-232 Peripheral Interface
Recently I have been engaged in a project to collect temperature data to analyze the thermal properties of homes. This...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
RS-232c et le Sinclair QLReal GagnonSINJune-July 1986
Ruminations from the QL EditorUpdate MagazineApril 1990
Ruminations from the QL EditorUpdate MagazineJanuary 1990
Ruminations From The QL EditorUpdate MagazineJuly 1990
Rumors! Rumors!
Rumors are flying wildly in the U.K., It has been said that QUANTA is in negotiations with REBEL ELECTRONICS to...
International QL Report
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
Running QPC on a PCZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
Sanyo’s SlotsTimelinezSeptember - October 1988
Save And Load Arrays
If you have ever created an array in SuperBasic you may have run into a slight problem. How do you...
Bob MalloyInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
SaverSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember - October 1989
SBASIC
Great News ! The enclosed disc contains SBASIC’ the letter from Miracle Systems began. The disc in question was release...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Scan: An Archive Program
Program that allows one to see up to three selected fields displayed on a line for all currently active records.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Scandinavian QL Meeting
The Swedish QL User Group is planning a QL meeting to be held on the 1st and 2nd of October...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1994
SCOPY 1.06Nite-Times NewsNovember - December 1991
Screen Dazzler
SCREEN DAZZLER loads and runs one of the many screen manipulation or graphical display programs included with the program. At...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
Screen Peek’rTimelinezMarch 1989
Screen Snatcher
Screen Snatcher is a powerful utility which has one purpose, to save a copy of the current screen display to...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
Screen Snatcher for QLLISTing NewsletterDecember 1992
Scripting in QTPI
Jonathan Hudson’s QTPI program has been evolving for some time, beginning as a ‘simple’ terminal program under another name and...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Scrolling Banner
A QL SuperBASIC program that scrolls up to 10 user-entered text strings across the screen in a repeating banner display....
TimelinezMarch 1987
Second Look at the QL
Reprinted from the July 1984 issue of Your Computer.
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupAugust 1983
Secrets of the QL memoryLISTing NewsletterJune 1994
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...
Roy WoodInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
Seeing is Believing
You sit down, switch on your QL and patiently wait for the start-up prompt to appear on the screen… how...
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
Seeking Applications Software
As you all know there are not too many applications around in the QL scene. The question is: why? One...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
SeekQL 2.09 – Part 1ZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1996
SeekQL 2.09 – Part 2ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
Serial Interface for the QLZX-AppealFebruary 1987
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1993
Setting up Quill for PrintersUpdate MagazineApril 1990
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
SGC Printer Cable
Having assembled my QL in a MID-Size Tower Case it became apparent with the purchase of a Super Gold Card...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Shell – A Review
When I was asked by the Editor to provide an article for this issue, I looked for something I could...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Shelling Out To Superbasic
The QL is unique in how QDOS and SuperBasic are sort of rolled into one. Just as we can only...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1998
Shifting Squares
Program to solve 8-square scrambled numbers.
CATS NewsletterFebruary/March 1989
Shoot-out at the QL Desktop Corral!
Review of several QL desktop publishing programs.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
Short TakesCATS NewsletterApril 1994
Shuffle: Jumbled Word Puzzle Program
A short BASIC program for the Sinclair QL that solves jumbled word puzzles of 2-6 letters. Developed by Robert Fischer...
TimelinezMay 1986
Side Bar
Notes about keyboard alternatives for the QL.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Sidewinder
Sidewinder is basically a screen dump program with a difference. It is a set of utilities that not only allows...
Chuck PlattQL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
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...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterSeptember 1991
Sinc Bits
Rumors of a Spectrum +4, positive response to The RAM Music Machine. TS 2068 UP-Date (later Update Magazine) garnered 140...
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1988
SincBits
Updates on Larken DOS (EPROM); RAMEX Amdek III disk system; Spectrum and QL accessories and improvements.
Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1985
Sincbits
Mentions SPECDRUM and other music software/hardware for use with the ZX Spectrum. Improvements on SAFE DOS from John Oliger; SPDOS....
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
Sincbits
Updates from the Midwest TS Computer Fest, Spectrum, TS 2068 and QL news.
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1987
Sincbits
News about the Spectrum, TS 2068 and QL.
Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1987
Sincbits
John Oliger has completed latest upgrade for the JLO SAFE DOS. Some details about forthcoming SAM COUPE computer. QL software,...
Sinc-LinkMay/June 1988
Sinclair and Timex NewsISTUG NewsletterJanuary - February 1990
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...
SyntaxJanuary 1984
Sinclair at CESSUMJanuary 1985
Sinclair EchoSWYMSeptember 1990
Sinclair EchoSWYMJanuary 1991
Sinclair Hardware Odds and EndsThe RAMTOPSummer 1992
Sinclair Hints and TipsCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
Sinclair Lotto Simulator
Converted from the 2068 program by G. Mockridge.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
Sinclair MagazinesSMUG BytesJanuary 1989
Sinclair MS-DOSHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterMarch-April 1989
Sinclair NewsTriangle Sinclair Users Group
Sinclair NewsReal GagnonSINJune-July 1986
Sinclair News
Update on Amstrad and the Sinclair QL.
Real GagnonSINMarch 1986
Sinclair News
Updates on hardware and software for the TS2068 and QL
Real GagnonSINDecember 1986 - January 1987
Sinclair News
Updates on software for the QL and Spectrum.
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1987
Sinclair On the Net
Some of the more interesting info pulled off the Internet in the prior few months, including a magazine dedicated to...
Update MagazineOctober 1995
Sinclair Publications: Quantum Levels Still Kicking
Quantum Levels will continue publishing and will absorb Syncware News.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Sinclair QL
Reprinted from Creative Computing, v10 n12.
CATS NewsletterDecember 1984
Sinclair QL – A Review and Evaluation
Review of the computer and its software.
SUMDecember 1985
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...
Pro/File UpdatesApril 1985
Sinclair QL Presented at BCS General Meeting
Nigel Searle spoke about the U.S. introduction of the QL.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSummer 1984
Sinclair QL to IBM PC/XT Case Conversion
Comprehensive step-by-step guide to housing the Sinclair QL motherboard and microdrives inside an IBM PC/XT case. Covers removing and separating...
Roger HunterTimex Sinclair Users Group Mile High Chapter NewsletterOct 1987
Sinclair QL to IBM XT File TransferZX-AppealSummer 1987
Sinclair QL Update
The latest word is that Sinclair will take orders as early as November, with deliveries as early as January (FCC...
SyncWare NewsNov-Dec 1984
Sinclair QL: Alive and Well in GermanyZX-AppealSummer 1990
Sinclair QL: Low-Cost Computer for Home Users and Small Businesses
Wall Street Journal reprint covering Sinclair Research’s introduction of the QL computer (Motorola 68008, 128K RAM, two microdrives, four Psion...
Maile Hulihan
Dennis Kneale
TimelinezFebruary 1984
Sinclair QL/RS-232/Xerox Memorywriter ConnectionLISTing NewsletterMarch 1986
Sinclair Quantum LeapCATS NewsletterJuly 1984
Sinclair Research Ltd. Expands
Press release from Mary Reinman of Sinclair Research in Boston: Sinclair Research has opened new sales offices in the Middle...
TimelinezOctober 1984
Sinclair Survival Column
When the QL first appeared, Sinclair Research promised to support it with some sophisticated software in keeping with its intended...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperFebruary 1988
Sinclair Survival Column
Continuing on our recent theme of telecommunications for the Sinclair computers (necessary for you to join us in C*SIX, the...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJanuary 1988
Sinclair Survival Column
Hard to believe, but this month marks the beginning of our fourth year together here in Computer Shopper. Back in...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJune 1987
Sinclair Survival Column
Well, here we are again at the end of another year and we still haven’t given up on our computers....
Computer ShopperDecember 1986
Sinclair Survival Column
Believe it or not, this month’s column marks the start of the third year here in Computer Shopper. Yet, unlike...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJune 1986
Sinclair Survival Column
When the QL first appeared, a few books were written in England on its use. These books, available in this...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJune 1988
Sinclair to Concentrate on QL in USSyntaxFebruary 1984
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...
InfoworldFebruary 13, 1984
Sinclair User Profile
MIKE MITCHELL works for RICHARD DANA Corp as a mechanical engineer. The company designs and builds automatic assembly equipment which...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
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...
Synchro-SetteJanuary 1984
SincLink Contact Log — November/December 1988
The SincLink running log of phone calls, letters, and meeting reports for November–December 1988. Notable items include: a SHAREWARE FILE...
Bill MillerTimelinezDecember 1988
SincLink Contact Log — October/November 1988
The SincLink running log of phone calls, letters, and meeting reports for the GUTS/SV group, covering October–November 1988. Notable items...
Bill MillerTimelinezNovember 1988
SincLink Newsletter Exchange
Table of contents and file listing for SincLink SLIX disk files, Volume 6 issues 10–11 (October–November 1988). Lists files covering...
Bill MillerTimelinezNovember 1988
Size Base Listing for the QL
A complete SuperBASIC listing for Qmonix Size Base Rev 7.9, a clock and time-display utility. The program defines procedures including...
Frank ToemayThe Sinc TimesFebruary 1987
SlowGold Reviewed
SlowGold is a set of routines used to slow the QL down. It was intended for Gold Card users but...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Slowgold to Slow GoldSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
SMSQ An Explanation
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the three systems listed above, understandable perhaps, as the initials on...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
SMSQ Language Dependent Modules
n order to be able to distribute versions of SMSQ which provide messages in more than one language and to...
Tony TebbyInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
SMSQ Modules
SMSQ/E is delivered as a single file which provides an operating system, a command line Processor / program interpreter (SBASIC),...
Tony TebbyInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
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...
Jochen Merz
Tony Tebby
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1995
SMUG Bytes Tries Something New
Newsletter produced with Quill on the QL.
SMUG BytesMay 1989
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1992
Software News
Two major packages have just been released by the PROGS (note their adverts in this issue). The first is the...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Software NewsSINJune-July 1986
Software Producers – Take Note
In response to the column “OUR READERS SPEAK” in the last issue, we received a number of calls and letters....
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Software Reuse
For years I’ve reading articles on Software Reuse and how it can increase the productivity of programming shops. Since I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
Software Reuse And SSB
Through work I get a number of computer related magazines, either directly to me or ones that are received by...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Software Review: MAILBAG
Review of MAILBAG by Emsoft, a QL database and address management program. Wilson evaluates its features and suitability for home...
Gene WilsonThe RAMTOPMar-Apr 1989
Software Review: New Hard/Software Combos Produce Dynamite Color Graphics
Reviews two new color screen dump packages. Don Thompson’s programs for the Sinclair QL support both the Olivetti PR2300 monochrome...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezJanuary 1987
SOLVIT-2LISTing NewsletterNovember 1995
SOLVIT-PLUS 2
Users of SOLVIT-PLUS 2 who purchased the programme from Dilwyn Jones Computing are entitled to a free upgrade. If you...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Solvit-Plus2 ReviewLISTing NewsletterSeptember 1995
Some Archive Utilities
Archive is, arguably, the most powerful of the Psion programs. It is an extremely flexible data base system. One feature...
CATS NewsletterDecember 1989
Some are QXL NotesZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1995
Some Not So New ProgramsSMUG BytesJanuary 1990
Some Notes On Archive
This came to me as a letter and not an article – ED I am heavy into really relational databases...
Bill CableQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
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...
Robert M CurnuttCATS NewsletterMay 1989
Some Passing Thoughts on Success
Notes about Success, a CP/M emulator for the QL.
LISTing NewsletterDecember 1991
Some Popular Misconceptions (Mostly about filenames)Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
Some Popular Misconceptions (Mostly about filenames)Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
Some QL Procedures
Four procedures for printing.
Capital District Timex-Sinclair Computer Club newsletterNovember 1990
Some QL Procedures
I have listed four procedures I have found useful. The first (NAME) is a label printer which allows you to...
Jack BaroneCATS NewsletterMarch 1991
Some QL Stuff
I had a program in which I wished to change a number of variables, many of them repeated in different...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Some QL StuffSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1996
Sorted Directories
Program to save programs in alpha order.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Sound Experimentor
Unlike most home computers, the QL has a very limited noise making capability. What there is can only be dragged...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Sound ExperimentorSLUG NewsletterSeptember 1987
SOUNDEX
Soundex is an algorithm for storing words, primarily names, in a number format so that they could be easily look...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1994
Special Notice to QL-ers!ZXir QLive Alive!Fall 1993
Spectator – A ReviewCATS NewsletterOctober 1992
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...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterSeptember 1989
SpellboundSMUG BytesMay 1989
Spellchecker ProblemsSMUG BytesApril 1989
Speshul QLers Hear ThisSinc-LinkMarch/April 1989
Spinning Rings
Every now and then it is a good idea to explore or review a command in detail. The listing of...
Marshall StilesQL ReportJuly 15, 1987
Spreadsheets/DeskJet 500
Having recently taken advantage of what I think is a good price on the HP DESKJET 500 printer, I then...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
SQ Notes
Practical repair guide for Sinclair QL keyboard membranes with broken circuit traces. Describes using a VOM ohm meter with an...
Rudy A. HilsmannSMUG BytesSeptember 1990
SQ Notes
Two topics. First: a systematic chip-swap procedure for diagnosing failed memory chips in a Sinclair QL Trump Card expansion board...
Rudy A. HilsmannSMUG BytesNovember 1990
SQ Notes: QL to IBM RGB ConnectionsSMUG BytesJuly 1989
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...
Arthur P. Lewis IIIInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Statistical Analysis System
Mechanical Design Analysis Consultants (MeDAC) has decided to market their Statistical Analysis System. This system was designed by our Chief...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
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,...
CATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
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...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterDecember 1991
Steering to Success: The QL Roadtest
Reprinted from another source.
The Sinc Times
Still Speedy After All These Years
Letter to Jerry Pournelle about the speed of BASIC compilers on the Sinclair QL.
The Data ExpansionDecember 1987
Stochastic Indexing
This demo program, SID (Stochastic Indexing Demo), see listing 1 below, simulates clouds as seen by a satellite looking straight...
Al BoehmQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1993
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This BeforeSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
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...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1989
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...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1992
Strip_c
A few months ago I picked up a inexpensive pen-based MS-DOS laptop. It came with a Word Processor that handles...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1992
STRIPHTML_C
With the popularity of the World Wide Web, more and more information is being formatted in HTML, the “language” of...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1996
Structured SuperBASICCATS NewsletterSeptember 1990
Structured SuperBasic 2.6
Structured SuperBasic is a utility that has been printed a couple of times in this newsletter. I have recently dusted...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJune 1999
Structured SuperBasic 2.6.2ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2001
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
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...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1995
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...
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineApril 1989
Substring Searching in C
The December 1988 issue of “Computer Language” had an article on substring searching in C, based on an APL algorithm....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalNovember 1991
Success (continued)LISTing NewsletterJanuary 1992
Super Disk Utility
Most cataloguing methods applied to collections of items, be they books or chapters in a book, involve relatively complex indexing...
Alan HodgeInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Super Gold Card Update
Super Gold Cards ordered at the “MIN 2” have been shipped and word is that with a newly improved operating...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
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...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Super QL Report
I now have Qdos running 00 a 50 MHz 68060 system, with 10 Mb RAM. The processor came direct from...
Simon GoodwinInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
SuperBASICZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2002
SuperBasic – Your Powerful FriendSinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
SuperBASIC BASIC for the QLCATS NewsletterJune 1985
SuperBasic Data TypesUpdate MagazineOctober 1993
SuperBASIC Editor for the QL
Using Quill to edit SuperBASIC programs.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1987
SuperBASIC for Beginners
BoSTUG members Peter Hale and Mike Mitchell are collaborating on a book of the 20 most useful QL SuperBASIC keywords...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1988
SuperBASIC for Beginners
Continuing from last month’s column, we move on to PRINT. Most of us have a pretty clear 1dea of what...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
SuperBasic RamblingsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
SuperBasic RamblingsSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1992
SuperBASIC RecursionCATS NewsletterSeptember 1990
SuperBASIC Routines from Psion SolutionsSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1993
SuperBasic Tutorial Part 2: Printing in ColumnsSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
SuperBasic Tutorial: Part 3 (or maybe 4)Sinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
Supercalafragalistic Phone Number Word Generator
A BASIC program for the Sinclair QL that generates all possible words that a phone number could spell, useful for...
Lawrence SouderTimelinezJune 1986
Supercode ToolkitLISTing NewsletterDecember 1983 - January 1984
Supplier Notes
Henry April, owner of EZ-Key, retires from national retailing. QLs available for $99.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
Surveys and Questionaires
In the past two or three months we have learned of two surveys being onducted in the world of the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Switching Printer Characters
Sending printer codes to change fonts.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
Syncbits
Resources for all Timex/Sinclair computer models and Sinclair QL.
Sinc-LinkNovember 1984
SyncWare Meets QL
Sinclair Research has been promising the North American arrival of their new QL computer for so long, it’s hard to...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Syntax Error?
Inside this envelope, you’ll find a sheet that ABACUS prints when I request a copy of the formulas I use...
Jean-Claude TouzinSINJune-July 1987
T-S News
The QL is coming! We received a very attractive full color booklet from Sinclair Research that tells everything you’ve always...
T-S HorizonsDec 1984
T/S Emulators
Notes on Carlo Delhez’s emulators and letter from Carlo about them.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1992
T/S ResourcesThe RAMTOPNovember 1985
T/SNUG, Quanta and PD-QL SoftwareZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1991
Talking to the World
In addition to logging into specialized bulletin boards such as QBOX USA to talk with other QL users (see the...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
TapecopyTimelinezJuly - August 1987
Tapecopy
Using a copy of the directory, the program allows for copying microdrive tapes.
The Data ExpansionOctober 1987
Task Commander
Task Commander is a utility that will convert a TURBO compiled program into a resident extension or Toolkit, that can...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Task Force
Taskforce was published in QL WORLD’ s Do It Yourself Toolkit Column in April 1989. The more or less monthly...
Tom RobbinsCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
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...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
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...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Tax-I-Now
Updating Tax-I-QL templates with current IRS data.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
Tax-I-QL TipNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1992
Tax-I-QL TipZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1992
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....
Bob DylInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
Technique: Les Connecteurs du QL
Description of the connectors on the QL.
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1986
Telecommunication NewsPete FischerCATS NewsletterAugust 1987
Telecommunications and the Timex/Sinclair Computer
Brief introduction to using modems with Timex/Sinclair computers.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
Telecommunications on the QLNite-Times NewsMay 1988
Telecommunications on the QL
Simple terminal program for the QL.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
Telecommunications on the QL
The QL, for all its power and versatility, is limited in telecommunicating at 300 baud without a hardware link between...
Michael MitchellThe Data ExpansionFebruary 1988
Telecommunications on the QLZX-AppealSummer 1988
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,...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Telecommunications on the QL
Short program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software.
QZXApril 1988
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1993
test87 Plus 4 Shipped
Software8T has begun shipping orders for text87 Plus 4, the latest generation of this advanced word processor for the QL.
NESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Text 87 + 4Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
text 87 and Quill, Part I
Comparison of the two word processing programs.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineApril 1990
text 87: My Latest ImpressionSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
Text Editors
This is a short review of the text editors available for the QL. Editors come in two basic types: moded...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalApril 1993
TEXT_WIDTH
The following program demonstrates how to set up a procedure for printing text you’ve written, so that your choice of...
Stephen OstranderInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1992
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...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
TEXT87 – A Review
Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is...
Peter HaleSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMay/June 1988
text87 and Quill, Part IIPeter HaleUpdate MagazineOctober 1990
text87 and Quill, Part III
Conclusion to the comparison between the two programs.
Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJanuary 1991
Text87 and WordStarSinc-LinkMarch/April 1993
text87 plu4 version 2Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
Text87 ReviewPeter HaleCATS NewsletterJuny 1988
Text87: An Advanced QL WordprocessorTime Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1988
text87: My ImpressionSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
The 1997 North American QL ShowThe RAMTOPWinter 1997
The 3rd North American QL ShowInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
The A+ QL OfferLISTing NewsletterOctober 1986
The American QL: A Peek InsideLISTing NewsletterOctober 1989
The C Column
This month’s program is a simple version of the UNIX utility we (word count). This program reads in a text...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterAugust 1990
The C PageSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
The C PageSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
The C PageSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
The C PageSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
The C PageSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
The C PageSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
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...
Update MagazineJuly 1990
The Cable Column
This featured column, by Bill Cable, starts with this issue.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The Cable Column
More on programming in Archive.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
The Cable Column: Programming in Archive
Archive has a built-in procedural based language. The author walks through writing a few procedures.
Update MagazineApril 1989
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...
Update MagazineApril 1988
The Chaotic Return
Corrected QL SuperBASIC chaos program responding to the challenge posed in issue 4. Replaces POINT with BLOCK for the physical...
Mark WahlTimelinezJuly-December 1989
The CityLISTing NewsletterAugust 1987
The CityLISTing NewsletterJune - August 1989
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...
Mark MartinQL Hacker’s JournalAugust 1991
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...
The RAMTOPJanuary/February 1988
The Editor’s MusingsTimelinezJuly - August 1987
The Fantastic Incredible QLXL-CardThe RAMTOPSpring 1993
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...
CATS NewsletterMarch - April 1996
The Future of the QL
Update on the computer.
ZX-AppealOctober 1985
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.
Time Designs MagazineSeptember/October 1986
The Game of Chaos
NOVA is a science program that runs on PBS. On a past show they discussed the idea of chaos. At...
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterJuly 1990
The German Connection
Through various means I have gotten in contact with Franz Herrmann of the German QL User Group “Sinclair QL User...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1992
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...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterFebruary 1991
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...
Tony TebbyInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
The Hanoi Tower
This version of the old game of moving a tower of disks from one peg to another, with one intermediate...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterOctober 1989
The Heart of the Sinclair QL … the 68008SUMApril 1986
The Heart of the Sinclair QL … the 68008
Brief description/overview of the processor. Reprinted from SUM, April 1986.
ZX-AppealJune 1986
The Index Printer
Last issue we gave an index printing program for the TS-2068. This time I was determined to make the QL...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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,...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportMay/June 1992
The Lonely Joker
The Lonely Joker is an excellent implementation of the card game Solitaire (Patience). When used with a mouse, this version...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
The Lonely Joker II
THE LONELY JOKER was reviewed in IQLR Vol. 2 No. 2. Since then it has some major changes and a...
Bob MadarisInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
The Mysterious QL Simple but Accurate TimesLISTing NewsletterAugust 1987
The Mystery of the Missing RAMZX-AppealMay 1987
The NEC 3515 Printer
I could not get a long document to print out at 9600 baud, nor at 1200 baud, but it did...
Herb SchaafCATS NewsletterDecember 1991
The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #1Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1991
The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #2Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
The New QL II
New QL may be on the way.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
The New Sinclair QL Computer
Report on computer features based on the QL User’s Guide.
SynapseJanuary and February 1985
The New Tax Law and You
Analysis of the 1986 Tax Reform Act’s impact on 1986, 1987, and 1988 tax liabilities, presented as six comparison tables...
Walt GabyTimelinezMay 1987
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
The North American QL Show in Bedford Mass.The RAMTOPFall 1996
The Oracle
The Oracle isa pointer environment game for the QL that requires cleverness and cunning to solve an ancient puzzle. Itchy...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
The Other Shoe DropsSinc-LinkMay/June 1990
The Pascal Page
In the first Pascal demonstrations and workshops we used a compiler called “QL Pascal” from Metacomco. This system provides a...
Duane ParkerCATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
The Plotter
This program prints fancy patterns to the screen or to the EPSON HI-80 plotter. The patterns are based on CYCLOIDS,...
Peter van DijkCATS NewsletterMarch 1990
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterFebruary 1986
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterApril 1988
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterDecember 1987
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterMay 1988
The Plotter: Tips and Programs for the Plotter UserCATS NewsletterJanuary 1988
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
The Q(old_S)LAW Project
Notes about a user survey project that netted only 2% response at that point.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
The QL
Discusses the Edit functions on the QL.
T. S. S. Newsnotes
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
The QL and the RGB MonitorSinc-LinkJuly/August 1989
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,...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
The QL Beginner Course
If you have dug around as I have between the four sections in the back of the QL manual, you...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
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,...
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
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...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
The QL In North AmericaPeter HaleCATS NewsletterOctober 1991
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...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1993
The QL Library continues to growSinc-LinkJuly/August 1990
The QL Network device without ToolKit 2
Connect two QLs together.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
The QL on NetSMUG BytesMay 1988
The QL Price Reduction
Sunset reduces QL price to $299.
ZX-AppealDecember 1985
The QL QornerThe PlotterFebruary 1986
The QL QornerThe PlotterMarch 1986
The QL QornerThe PlotterApril 1986
The QL QornerThe PlotterMay 1986
The QL QornerThe PlotterJune 1986
The QL QornerThe PlotterJuly - August 1986
The QL Report
Sinclair appoints authorized dealers in US.
ZX-AppealNovember 1985
The QL Report
Volume 1, issue 3 of the short newsletter about the Sinclair QL.
Triangle Sinclair Users GroupFebruary 1985
The QL Report from Curry Computer
Review of QL software.
T-S HorizonsJuly/August 1985
The QL Section
Sources of QL hardware and software.
ZX-AppealFebruary 1986
The QL Users Corner
QL will be discontinued.
ZX-AppealJune 1986
The QL’s Forbidden Byte
Those of us who “cut our computer teeth” on the ZX80/81 learned quite early about the caveat that accompanied any...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
The Quanta AGM
For many years I’ve read the various printed reports, seen the many pictures of smiling QL users and wished I...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1995
The Quebec Link
This excerpt is from “The Quebec Link” column in the Sinc-Link Newsletter from the Toronto T/S Users Group. Default device...
Real GagnonQL Hacker’s JournalJanuary 1991
The Quebec Link
Program for 2068 that uses DEF FN to create an underline function.
Sinc-LinkSeptember/October 1990
The Quebec LinkSinc-LinkMarch/April 1991
The Quebec LinkSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
The Quebec LinkSinc-LinkNovember/December 1990
The Quebec LinkSinc-LinkMay/June 1991
The Release of ExchangeSinc-LinkMarch/April 1994
The Release of XCHANGEUpdate MagazineJuly 1994
The Reliable QLUpdate MagazineJuly 1994
The Return of ‘Val’
One of Sinclair Basics’ more valuable contributions to the BASIC language were the keyword VAL and VAL$. These permitted formulae...
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary 1988
The Russians are Coming!
Andrew Lavrov and Anatoly Tishin, both from Russia, are planning to design and manufacture a very powerful Sinclair QL clone...
Tim SwensonInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
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...
Chuck PlattQL ReportJune 15, 1987
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...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
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...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1995
The Shell
While on the subject of Unix languages, Adrian Ives has continued the work of P. J. Taylor with The Shell,...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 1998
The Sinclair QL
Reprinted from BYTE UK.
The Sinc Times
The Sinclair QL
Letter from Donald Jones about upgraded power supply resolving problems.
Update MagazineApril 1990
The Sinclair QL Returns
At the beginning of 1980 Clive Sinclair started selling his first computer, the ZX80. The initial purpose was to take...
Computer ShopperFebruary 1986
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...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
The Solution: An IBM Emulator for the QL
The variety of software for the QL, while not nearly as extensive as for IBM family machines, fits the needs...
James HunkinsQuantum LevelsJune 1989
The Sound of MusicZX-AppealDecember 1989
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...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJune 1988
The Story of “RAM”
Anybody who is into computers these days is bound to hear things like dynamic RAM, cache RAM, video RAM, static...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
The Strange OneSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
The Stripper
No, this is a program to strip out control codes froma Quill _ DOC file leaving it with no end...
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
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...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
The Super-QL: Using the Sinclair QL with 640K RAMTime Designs MagazineMay/June 1986
The Superior Access CornerLISTing NewsletterOctober 1998
The Switch to Disk
I originally bought the Sinclair QL computer in order to get a machine that had “real computer” features at a...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
The Third North American QL ShowCATS NewsletterJuly - August 1995
The Trump Card
The Trump Card is simply the most useful single addition you get for the Sinclair QL. It combines a disk...
The RAMTOPJanuary/February 1988
The Trump CardZX-AppealSummer 1988
The Trump Card
The Trump Card combines a disk interface, 768K of RAM, Toolkit II for SuperBASIC, screen dump, static and dynamic RAM...
Update MagazineOctober 1988
The Versions of QPAC2, Thru December 1993Update MagazineJuly 1994
The World of MIDI
Comprehensive tutorial introduction to the MIDI standard, covering MIDI channels, polyphony, PCM versus FM synthesis, and types of MIDI keyboards....
Christopher RaynakThe RAMTOPOct-Nov 1988
The World Wide Web
Many of you will have heard of the mainstream computers new madness, the World Wide Web. This little article is...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1996
The Xchange Version of QuillSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1993
The XChange Version of QuillUpdate MagazineJanuary 1993
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1993
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...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
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...
QL ReportAugust 15, 1987
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...
Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
Things in SMSQ/E (Part 2)Jochen MerzInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1996
Things to do With TK2Sinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
Think About This!
Did you ever wonder just how fast the speed of light (and electricity) is? Well, at 186,000 miles/ second thats...
Quantum LevelsJune 1989
This and That
The Intergroup Freeware Exchange (IFE) library has at last count, grown to over 145 disks of Public Domain software. This...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
Thor Notes
Networking a Trump QL to Thor has proved to be a very nice combination.
QL ReportSeptember 15, 1987
Thor XVI Support
We’ve recently been reminded of the many unanswered complaints Thor owners have expressed, as well as their inability to get...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
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....
March RenickInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
Thoughts on QL Repairs
Those were interesting articles by Dennis Briggs and Don Walterman in the last issue of IQLR on QL repairs. Here...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
Tid Bits from the CATS BBSCATS NewsletterMay 1989
Tidbits
The following short routines may be useful to you.
Taylor PenroseInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Tidbits
The following constitute miscellaneous thoughts on how to (or, perhaps, not to) do things. I consider the first example to...
Mel E. LaVerneInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
TIFFS
Two short hardware tips. First: a standard 5-pin Commodore monitor cable works as a QL monitor cable, with the audio...
SMUG BytesDecember 1987
Time Designs TestsTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Time Designs Tests: QRAM, Archivist MP, Text87 & MailbagTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1988
Time Designs Tests: Speedscreen, Flashback, Type 22 and RefieldTime Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
Time Designs Tests: Tax-I-QL/87, PACIOLI and THE SPY
Reviews of the programs.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
TimeLinez Begins Desk-Top Publishing Experiments
Editorial describing the transition to desktop publishing using the Front Page QL software from GAP Software. Explains the workflow for...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezMay 1987
Timex Sinclair Survival Column
At long last I have a new Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap) in front of me. In fact, this column...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperApril 1986
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsNovember 1987
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsSeptember 1987
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsOctober 1987
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsNovember 1988
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsApril 1988
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsMay 1988
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsJune 1988
Timex TidbitsNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1989
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...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperFebruary 1987
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...
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperJanuary 1987
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....
Mark FendrickComputer ShopperNovember 1988
Tips/Tricks & Problem SolutionsJochen MerzInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
TK2 – Network – Data_Use – Ser – AltkeySinc-LinkMay/June 1992
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...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Tom Robbins on QuantaCATS NewsletterAugust 1992
Tony BlizzardSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1994
Tony Blizzard
Notes from a QL user.
Update MagazineJanuary 1994
ToolKit II DemoCATS NewsletterSeptember 1990
ToolKit II TipsCATS NewsletterJanuary 1993
TOOLKIT II Tutorial – Part 3International QL ReportNovember/December 1991
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...
International QL ReportMay/June 1992
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...
International QL ReportJuly/August 1991
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...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
Toolkit II: Some Things It Can DoSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1992
TorQLibSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1991
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...
Ed KingsleyCATS NewsletterApril 1992
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...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Tower Cased Super QL
Qlympic Computer Systems of Germany, and COWO Electronics of Switzerland, have announced a SuperQL. The machine will consist of a...
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1991
TRA_BAS 1.1: RS-232 Translation
RS-232 TRAnslations may seem a bit esoteric to some users, but the implementation of an RS-232 TRAnslation can resolve minor...
Al FengQuantum LevelsJune 1989
TRA_BAS 1.2 RS-232 TranslationNite-Times NewsSeptember - October 1991
Transferring Files: 2068 to QL Volume 1CATS NewsletterDecember 1988
Transfert de Fichers PC<->QL
In this article, we will see how it is possible for the QL to communicate with another computer, in this...
Real GagnonSINOctober 1987
Translation of QL ProgramsSinc-LinkMarch/April 1992
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...
International QL ReportMarch/April 1993
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!...
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1993
Trouble-shooting the QL
Hints on overcoming issues with faulty QL computers.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
Tru QL
Desktop publishing is now possible on the QL with GAP Software’s Front Page. Here’s a small modification to compress the...
Jean-Claude TouzinSINJune-July 1987
Truc QL
Here’s how to get extra lives with the PHARAOH TALENT. You’ll need this new BOOT game.
SINAugust-September 1987
Trucs & Astuces (Tips and Tricks)
Programming tips for the TS 2068 and Sinclair QL.
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1986
Trucs pour le QL
Tips for the QL.
SINFebruary-March 1987
Trucs QL
Here is a function that simulates the SGN function of 2068. It returns -1 if the number is negative, 1...
SINAugust-September 1987
Trump Card on QLNite-Times NewsNovember - December 1989
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!...
Butch WeinbergCATS NewsletterJuly 1991
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...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
TruQL
Here are some key combinations that may be useful in the EASEL software.
Real GagnonSINApril-May 1987
TS CommuniqueTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
TS Communique
Change R67 on TS2068 to adjust output impedance of composite video out. Saving Tomahawk to disk. Joystick and printing problems.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
TS News
More about the Sinclair QL. Brief mention of Memotech MTX-512. Software from JRC, Softsync, Apropos Technology.
T-S HorizonsApril/May 1984
TS-2068/QL TipsSMUG BytesNovember 1989
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...
Simon GoodwinInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
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....
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalOctober 2000
Turbo Compiler
TURBO, the SuperBasic compiler, has been updated and released for almost a year. Simon Goodwin is the original author with...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Turbo Config
TURBO does not support standard Qjump Config Blocks. George Gwilt has created TURBO Config, a tool that allows Config blocks...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Turbo Support Page
To assist in the support of TURBO, I’ve created a TURBO Support Page on my web page. The page will...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Turbo Utilities
Another zip file contains a number of other TURBO utilites: LIBRARY MANAGER, DATASPACE and Utility_Task. The zip file does not...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
TurboPTR
TURBO is not compatible with all SuperBasic extensions, esp. those with array paramaters or return values through parameters. QPTR is...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalDecember 2001
Turtle GraphicsTimelinezDecember 1987
Turtle GraphicsSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1990
Tweak & Tinker: QL Power Supply UnitCATS NewsletterOctober 1990
Twist_Q & PotpourriNite-Times NewsJanuary - February 1991
Two Ideas Go UnderSinc-LinkJanuary/February 1991
Two More on RGBLISTing NewsletterApril 1986
Two References to Possible QL Keyboard ImprovementTimelinezJanuary - June 1988
Two Tips
Although disks are far more reliable mediums than microcartridges, who among disk drivers has not had the dreaded Bad Medium...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Ultrasoft GCK
There are many toolkits in the market for the QL. All of them offer some amount of extensions dedicated to...
Rich BazanQL ReportJuly 15, 1987
Un Zippy ThoughtsCATS NewsletterApril 1994
Union City Man Conveys His Love For Computers
About Tim Swenson.
ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 2001
Update – Everex Modems
In previous issues we discussed the inexpensive Everex 2400 baud modems. I’d like to thank the many people who have...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
Update to the UpdateSinc-LinkNovember/December 1991
Updated Program for QUILL
Short notice about an upgraded version of SPELLBOUND, a spell checker add-on for the QL’s QUILL word processor, released by...
SMUG BytesDecember 1990
Updates
Circulation level is at around 500 and building. All 50 U.S. States and all Canadian Provinces, plus three foreign Countries...
Update MagazineApril 1989
Upgrading Your QL
Recommended hardware upgrades.
Time Designs MagazineMay/June 1988
User Group UpdateTime Designs MagazineJuly/August 1987
Using a Modem with the QL
QL Modapator provides the special cable and software needed to interface a QL to a standard modem.
SUMDecember 1985
Using Abacus to Prepare Data for Statistics ProgramLISTing NewsletterJune 1993
Using ALTKEY to create “macros” in QuillSinc-LinkSeptember/October 1992
Using Archive: A Home Database “Tel”CATS NewsletterDecember 1987
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...
The PlotterApril 1991
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...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Using FOP_OVERZXir QLive Alive!Winter 1998
Using Internet File Formats on the QLZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2002
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...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Using Parallel Interface Printers With the QLZX-AppealJune 1987
Using Parallel Interface Printers with the QLLISTing NewsletterMarch 1995
Using Parallel Interface Printers With the QLSUMMarch 1986
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...
Will HortonInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1992
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...
The RAMTOPJanuary/February 1988
Using QL C, Part One: Opening Devices
Tutorial with code examples showing how to open serial port, console, and screen devices in Metacomco QL C, and explaining...
David HoshorThe RAMTOPMar-Apr 1988
Using QL C, Part Two: Using QDOS with C
Continues the QL C series with a mini library for accessing QDOS traps from Metacomco C using qdos1/2/3 wrapper functions....
David HoshorThe RAMTOPMar-Apr 1988
Using Quill ASCII Files in a DOS DTPUpdate MagazineJuly 1992
Using Quill for ASCII FilesUpdate MagazineApril 1992
VAL for the QLSinc-LinkMay/June 1989
Vaporware?
In the first issue of IQLR, eighteen months ago, we encouraged QL users to support a new group being organized...
Dick TaylorInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
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....
Tim SwensonCATS NewsletterDecember 1990
Vector-Based CharactersTimelinezJanuary 1990
Vegemat 1.04: Slicing and Dicing CP/M Filenames
Recently, I was handed a few CP/M disks which had been converted for use by one of the QL’s CP/M...
Al FengQuantum Levels
Video Interface with QL Computer
Notes on connecting TV or a variety of monitor types to the QL, along with generating the necessary signals.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
View from Ram-Top — Christmas
Christmas season editorial surveying recent T/S product releases: Pixel Print Professional (DTP with bank-switching, 64-column printing for TS2068), Graphit-1 charting...
Andy HradeskyTimelinezDecember 1988
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”...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Visionmixer-1Sinc-LinkJuly/August 1993
War in the East
Review of War in the East, the only QL wargame available at the time of writing. Player commands German Wehrmacht...
Mark StueberTimelinezNovember 1988
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....
Dilwyn JonesInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1992
What is New for the QLUpdate MagazineApril 1993
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...
Doug DeweyInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
What’s New
Update on the Spectrum 128K, TASWORD Three, computer astronomy newletter.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1986
What’s Up With Quantum Computing? Can You Get Your Money Back?SMUG BytesDecember 1988
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...
James HunkinsInternational QL ReportMay/June 1995
When to Upgrade: The QL in Transition
Upgrades to the QL.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
WHEN_ERROR
The listing in the Atomic Powered QL, in the last issue, had an error.
Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterSeptember/October 1988
Where Do We Go From Here?CATS NewsletterApril 1984
Whisper heard on the windSinc-LinkJuly/August 1992
Who was Who at the FestivalCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1995
Why Buy a QL (or in the end, keep one)Peter HaleUpdate MagazineJuly 1993
Why Minerva?
This question is asked over and over again. The simple answer would be in the form of another question. DO...
Bob DylInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Why the QL?
Reasons not to give up on the QL.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1988
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...
Time Designs MagazineJanuary/February 1986
Why Use Archive?
Twelve reasons to use Archive.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Will Jackintosh Jump on QL?SyntaxNovember 1984
Winback 2.20
This is IQLR’s second look at this valuable program. The first time it was reviewed, the hard disk being used...
Don WaltermanInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1994
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...
Frank DavisInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1993
Wind Chill Chart
Type-in program inspired by similar program in Computer Shopper.
Time Designs MagazineMarch/April 1987
Windex
WINDEX is a collection of public domain programs to create a “word index” of any text file.
Bill CableInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
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...
Update MagazineJuly 1989
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...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Window Defining: A Program, Part IIIUpdate MagazineApril 1990
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...
Stuart HoneyballInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1995
Winter Doldrums, Rumors Mark Current QL Scene
QL industry report for early 1986: steady trickle of QL sales; CompuServe conference active; Tom Bent (SyncWare News) argues QL...
Norm LehfeldtTimelinezApril 1986
Word Wrap
Now that I have an HP Deskjet 520 inkjet printer, I’m starting to think about what type of output I...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalMarch 1995
Word-Wrap on QL
Short program to wrap words within the window.
ZX-AppealMarch 1986
Working Directory
As we all know, QDOS did not come with the concept of directories and subdirectories. A number of extensions to...
Tim SwensonQL Hacker’s JournalJuly 1998
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...
Arthur P. Lewis IIIInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
Working With Pascal Files
A reader wrote this month with a problem that is certainly not unique to programmers who are trying to learn...
Mel MacKaronQL ReportOctober 15, 1987
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...
QL Hacker’s JournalOctober 1995
XChange
Following on from the rather successful launch of XCHANGE onto the public domain by this group our own Simon Goodwin...
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
XChange Boot
In correspondence with Ruth Fegley a member of the CATS group and IQLR subscriber, I stated that I would like...
Bob GilderInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1994
Xchange Goes PD!CATS NewsletterJuly 1993
Xchange Introduction & Reference InformationSinc-LinkMay/June 1994
Xchange Question AnsweredSinc-LinkNovember/December 1993
Xchange: Complete program now in librarySinc-LinkNovember/December 1993
XOPYNite-Times NewsMay 1988
XREF – A Review
Review of a utility that helps programmers improve their Basic programs on the QL.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
Xtricator – A Review
Xtricator is a ZX81 emulator for the QL, In other words it allows the QL to emulate or act like...
John ImpellizzeriInternational QL ReportMay/June 1993
Xtricator, Version 1.75
Review of the ZX-81 emulator by Carlo Delhez.
Update MagazineOctober 1994
Yet Another Power Supply
After reading Herb article on QL power supply modifications, I thought I would write up my alternate approach. I am...
Tom RobbinsCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
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...
Peter van DijkCATS NewsletterNovember 1988
Z88 Programs, Tips, and Other Useful Info
Tips and a QL SuperBASIC program for transferring files from the Cambridge Z88 to the Sinclair QL using the Z88...
Peter van DijkTimelinezNovember 1988
Z88 to IBM or TS2068 Cable
Wiring diagram for a homemade RS232 cable connecting the Cambridge Z88 (DB9 male) to an IBM PC (DB25 female), tested...
Dave BennettTimelinezJuly-December 1989
Z88 to QL Connections
Documents a cable or connection method for interfacing the Cambridge Z88 portable computer with the Sinclair QL,.
Dave BennettTimelinezApril 1989
Z88 to QL ConnectionsHarrisburg Area Timex Sinclair Users Group NewsletterMarch-April 1989
Z88 to QL Transfer ProgramCATS NewsletterOctober 1988
Z88 to Sinclair Transfer Link
Review of program/cable to transfer files from Z88 to/from QL.
Update MagazineApril 1989
Zenith Monitor
QL user recommends Zenith monitor and COPAL WriteHand model 1200 printer.
Sinc-LinkJanuary/February 1987
Zip Code Printer Automation
The April, 1991, issue of The DATA BUS from the Dayton Microcomputer Association had a BASIC listing to generate the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
ZipaDee_Bas 1.105ZXir QLive Alive!Autumn 1998
Zitasoft Programs
Zitasoft has some new titles out we want to draw your attention to. A lot of you have heard of...
James CookQL ReportAugust 15, 1987
ZX81 & QL Regulator Bug
Suggested solutions to power regulation problems in the ZX81/TS1000 and QL: add capacitors.
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1986

Products (52)

TitleCompany
Assembler
Macro assembler for the QL.
MetaComCo
Balance
Calculates point of balance, beam lengths, weights, etc.
Frank Lockhart
BCPL
Systems programming language.
MetaComCo
Belt and Chain Drives
Gives 9 important answers fast. Finds tangents, angles, pitch lengths, arc of contact, ratios, etc.
Frank Lockhart
CAM MASTER
CAD software to design circular cams and generate CNC code to a vertical mill controller.
Hale Software/EMSoft
CDIR/BOOTSHale Software/EMSoft
Chaos Busters
Group of SUPERBASIC and Archive programs (DIRLUX, FILEX, DBEasy) to help organize disks/microdrives.
Wood and Wind Computing
Chord/Curve
Finds radius, angle, arc and chord lengths, sector and segment areas. Gives angle in degrees and radians.
Frank Lockhart
Concept 3-D
Three-dimensional CAD program.
Tesseract Software Development
Conversions/Functions
Converts decimal degrees to degrees-minutes-seconds plus radians, grads. Gives six trigonometry functions for each input. Answers in one second.
Frank Lockhart
Crocket
Fully integrated small business accounting system. Includes payroll, inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger.
Kamrec Systems
DB-Progs
22 page manual that describes six Wood and Wind “Archive related” programs, what they do, and how to use them.
Wood and Wind Computing
DB-Tutor
25 page manual and 256K floppy that comprise a “Learning Shell” for the Archive data base software. Includes flash cards...
Wood and Wind Computing
Executive Inventory/Invoicing
Inventory/Invoicing program designed in conjunction with RMG Enterprises.
Executive Workshop
Frame
Engineering software for frame analysis. Intended for consulting engineers, civil/structural engineers, mechanical engineers and engineering students.
Okoloko Engineering Software
Grid
Engineering software for grid analysis. Intended for consulting engineers, civil/structural engineers, mechanical engineers and engineering students.
Okoloko Engineering Software
Helper
Tool kit functions that work with both expanded and standard QLs to provide complete microdrive and disk management of files...
Wood and Wind Computing
Internal battery backed clock for QL
Uses lithium battery, good for far longer than ordinary batteries. Plugs in to 8049 socket, and 8049 is installed in...
Mechanical Affinity
INVENTORYHale Software/EMSoft
Join
Program that joins two data base files.
Wood and Wind Computing
Keytops for QL
Use to replace broken or missing key or whole set. Not available directly from Sinclair; this was available from third-party...
Sinclair Research Ltd.
Levers
Solves for three most common types for forces, fulcrum point, lever length and more.
Frank Lockhart
LISP
Programming language popular for use with research in to expert systems and artificial intelligence.
MetaComCo
MAILBAG
Address database.
Hale Software/EMSoft
MZ512K
512K RAM expansion for the Sinclair QL featuring no wait-state memory and full through port.
Matthew Zenkar
Oblique Trigonometry
Solves all non-right angle trigonometry.
Frank Lockhart
Pulleys and Wheels
Finds the required force, diameters, lift, weights, etc.
Frank Lockhart
Q_LINK
Terminal software for the QL.
Meta Media Productions
QL C
C compiler for the QL, designed by Lattice.
MetaComCo
QL case
Contains keys and bare motherboard. Not available directly from Sinclair; this was available from third-party vendors.
Sinclair Research Ltd.
QL Internal ROM Board
Allows you to put your favorite ROM version (JM , JS, JSU, MGUS, MGUK , etc.) on an EPROM. This...
Mechanical Affinity
QL keyboard membraneMechanical Affinity
QL Pascal
ISO standard Pascal.
MetaComCo
QL Power Supply
Replacement power supply. Not available directly from Sinclair; this was available from third-party vendors.
Sinclair Research Ltd.
QL Sound Explorer
Program makes it east to create unique sounds on the QL with a minimum of effort.
Executive Workshop
QLAMBer
File management utility for the QL.
Platypus Software
QLAND_LORD
Rental property management software. Manage 99 buildings or units.
Hale Software/EMSoft
QLuMSi
QL using MicroSoft interface. Program to aid users of both environments. Converts the QDOS delimiter (“/”) to the MS-DOS delimiter...
Platypus Software
RECIPEHale Software/EMSoft
Refield
A large program that greatly expands the Archive data base.
Wood and Wind Computing
SeekQL
Database written in SuperBASIC.
Platypus Software
Speedscreen
ROM for ROMport.
Mechanical Affinity
Split
A program that splits data base files into two distinct parts for management and re-save.
Wood and Wind Computing
Spur Gear Drives
Calculates gear sizes, number of teeth, ratios and more. Gives 14 answers in two seconds.
Frank Lockhart
TAX-I-QL
ABACUS template for your income tax.
Hale Software/EMSoft
text87
Advanced word processor for the QL.
Hale Software/EMSoft
Trigonometry
Solves right triangle problems fast.
Frank Lockhart
Truss
Engineering software for truss analysis. Intended for consulting engineers, civil/structural engineers, mechanical engineers and engineering students.
Okoloko Engineering Software
TRUST_FUND
Portfolio and asset manager.
Hale Software/EMSoft
War in the East
You command the German invasion of Russia to take Moscow. As commander of the German forces you must launch a...
Sharp’s
Weight Calculations
25 metals, 11 woods, 11 other materials. Varied shapes in all sizes. Fast answers.
Frank Lockhart
Wire and Metal Rod
Calculate quantities, costs, weights.
Frank Lockhart

Periodicals (3)

Books (6)

TitleAuthor(s)Date
Archive Master
How to use Archive on the QL. Supplied as three-ring binder.
1988
Buyers Guide to Sinclair-Timex Products & Services
Contained more than 120 suppliers of Sinclair-Timex products from the ZX-80 to the QL and the TS-1000 to the TS-2068....
Dale F Lipinski1985
QL Technical GuideTony Tebby; David Karlin1985
The Best of The Plotter
Selected articles from the first ten years of The Plotter, the newsletter of the Clackamas Computer Applied Training Society, a...
1994
The Guide to T/S Telecommunications
Tutorial on “how to get started”, necessary equipment and software, Timex Sinclair BBS phone numbers and info about each one....
Pete Fischer, Steve Ishii1987
The Sinclair Survivalist Handbook
The Sinclair Survivalist Handbook is filled with previously un-published program listings and articles, written by regular contributors to TIME DESIGNS,...
1988

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