A new set of programs to handle animated GIF images on SMSQ/E systems. View animated GIFs, convert individual frames to individual PIC files or GD2 sprites, or convert the entire animation to a GD2 dynamic sprite file, compressed or uncompressed. Support for resizing, rotation and alpha transparency. There is a GIF conversion program, and an […]
Version 3.45 of the Q-Liberator BASIC compiler has been launched. This version was submitted to me by Per Witte, who has done a fair bit of work on rationalising the distribution, by splitting the compiler into a runtime disk (what you need to compile programs) and a sources disc, for those who like to study […]
30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021 Sir Clive Marles Sinclair passed away at home this morning, Thursday 16th September 2021. He had been ill for some time. For many of us, he had been a life-long hero. For me, it all started with the calculators and Black Watch back in my school days in […]
For the last few weeks I’ve been the proud owner of a test version of Marcel Kilgus’s QL-SD-ROM add-on for QLs. This is a variant of the well-known QL-SD device, which lets you use SD flash memory cards with the QL. Previous versions of QL-SD, although well received, involved opening up the QL and installing […]
After yesterday’s post about the Swedish QL ROM versions, a couple of people have been in touch about another variant of the Swedish QL ROM, called MGB (as opposed to the regular MGS). Produced by the Swedish QL importer Beckman Innovation AB in 1985, MGB consists of QDOS version 1Y13, which appears similar to QDOS […]
Thanks to the guys on QL Forum, I’ve zipped up three Swedish QL ROM versions and preserved them on my site. If anyone has any notes or documentation to add, I’ll gladly put that in the zip file as well. Looking at the content of the ROM images shows the following version details: All three […]
P.I.Cole2-The Invisible Case – The second in Andrei Tenu’s P. I. Cole series of adventures for Sinclair QL and compatibles. You are the detective Cole and you have to find and retrieve a stolen item, in order to receive the reward paid by the insurance. The story then gets more complex, and much darker, as […]
Bruce Nicholls has kindly given permission for all seven issues of QReview magazine to be made available via my website. The magazine ran from July 1993 to March 1995 as a quarterly paper magazine, which focused mainly on reviews, as its title implies. Richard Alexander kindly scanned the seven paper issues and they are available […]
Thanks to a user on QL Forum, I’ve been able to add a Replacement Manual for the old Tandata Q-Connect modules for the QL to my website. Download the manual as a PDF file – it’s about 5MB in size – from the Replacement Manuals page on my website: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html#Tandata
I’ve put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 – The QaLendar. Download it from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html as a PDF or a Word document. Here’s wishing all QL users a very happy new year.
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