The Sinclair QL Forum

Welcome aboard!

Have you written any software for the QL? Or do you have top secret plans afoot?

Dave wrote:If that interests you, I'll point out the perfect spot for each issue of PCB.

That would be great if you could please Dave.
Forgive me, I’m no expert, but what benefit will there be by doing this?

Did anyone on here win this?

If so, I demand lots of pictures!!

I'm debating some upgrades for my QL, but wanted to check the stock PSU can cope! Here is what I'm thinking of using; 1. Tetroid QL Backplane 2. Tetroid Gold Card 3. Tetroid Disk interface with CF card 4. vDrive I already have Tetroids replacement voltage regulator installed. Can the QL PSU cope wit...

Not my auction, but today I spotted a QL complete with GST 68K OS.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-QL- ... 3757528122

Does anyone know how many of the GST boards were made?
Do you have to have the GST ROM board, or is there a way to softload the OS on a QL?

Any PC case will do, I tired to fit a mplane based system in a Black Shuttle case. the dimensions of the Shuttle case a re a little tight for the mplane. That is a shame about the Shuttle cases, I'm sure there is one sat in the workshop at work. The plan is for a dual floppy setup, one physical 3.5...

Pr0f wrote:Has it still got that funky 'Q' button on the front?

Sure does!

Pr0f wrote:There is a copy of the Minerva 1.98 ROM image that's size adjusted to work with the Qemulator - http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/qlrom/index.html

That image works for me - version 3.2 of Qemulator.

Cheers Pr0f!
Worked first time

Hi Rob, if this is the machine I think it is, then it's got the mplane backplane in it (https://qlwiki.qlforum.co.uk/doku.php?id=qlwiki:mplane), so it should fit in a small tower case or an old desktop case. If you do decide to move it from it's current case, can I make a very odd request in true H...

Has anyone used the Minerva 1.98 ROM with QemuLator?

I had a quick go here, the emulator starts, albeit slowly, the RAM test completes, then the screen slowly fills with rubbish.