A copy of the latest version of the QLirc Internet Relay Chat program for QL emulators which can access TCP/IP for network access is now available to download from QL Forum. This is not a final version, and is uncompiled, but is fairly stable and seems to run reliably. It was written on a QPC2 […]
After the comments on the Sinclair QL For Everyone group about all the OCR errors in the QL Service Manual last week, an updated version is now available in a variety of formats – PDF and various eBook formats – from my site’s eBooks page at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/ebooks/index.html (on the page, “QL Service Manual” is in […]
I decided to have a quick look around at where you can get spares and repairs for the QL nowadays. For Ql repairs, try this site, called Mutant Caterpillar. It offers a QL repair service (and for other retro computers) from just under £70: https://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=39&sort=2a&page=2&osCsid=jf9s4qrqfc7301veh1kqv6vvg5 Or you can access it through SellMyRetro.com: https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/sinclair-ql-repair-service-4065 SellMyRetro.com is […]
Using DOSbox in a browser, two separate users on QL Forum have got a DOS-based QL emulator running in a browser window. One has set up QPC1 (the older DOS version of the QPC emulator) in DOSbox to run a small collection of demo programs. Try this out at https://www.kilgus.net/qpc/live/ Another has set up QLay […]
Marcel Kilgus has redesigned the QL-VGA board, which allows a Sinclair QL to be connected to a VGA monitor. No great increase in functionality that I know of, more of a redesign to make it easier to manufacture. Or at least that was the theory before some companies decided to make life difficult. Marcel has […]
The British QLs use an unusual type of plug and socket system for serial and joystick connection, which superficially looks like a BT telephone connector. But it is different – the angle and keying are different. The Samsung-made QLs sold in America and Germany are quite different and use 9-way D connectors, albeit with slightly […]
Daniele Terdina has released a version of his QL emulator for Macs which has been recompiled to work on 64-bit systems and generally updated. Version 2.0 is for Intel Macs running macOS 10.14 “Mojave” or later. Had to laugh when I saw the picture saying it was licensed to Clive Sinclair! Read more about this […]
I’m still having a lot of success with the prototype QL-VGA board from Marcel Kilgus. To recap, it’s a board which allows the QL RGB output socket to be connected to a SVGA monitor, something which was difficult or impossible before this unless you had some form of SCART to HDMI converter, and even those […]
I have been trying out a new video converter called QL-VGA from Marcel Kilgus. QL-VGA lets you connect a Sinclair QL’s RGB video output, from the 8-pin DIN socket, to a monitor or TV with a computer VGA video input. For a long time, connecting a QL to a modern monitor has been a problem […]
Javier Guerra (“Badaman”) has launched a new QL news stream website. Access it at https://badaman.badared.com/ql/planet/ He says that he has created the “resource to keep up to date on the news of the Sinclair QL international blogs”, and that he has created it as “a personal resource” but hopes it will prove useful to others. […]
