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Sinclair
QL
Software Preservation Project
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Over the years,
numerous Sinclair QL software titles have gone
missing and bene left by
the wayside. The idea of the Sinclair QL
Software Preservation
Project is to collect as much of that software
as possible and preserve
it for future users. As a by-product of
this project (and also to
help fund the time required to obtain the
software, transfer it from
microdrive and get it working), we can offer
users who own the original
software, up to date copies to replace the
working copy where the
microdrive cartridge no longer reads, or where
they have moved onto
disk based systems or emulators. Some of that
software,
including several adventures and games, has been
re-released by us as
commercial programs in conjunction with
the
copyright holders permission. Some of the
software has also been
released into the public domain thanks to the
generosity of the
original author. However, in many cases, there is no way of contacting the original author / copyright holder and therefore we will offer to update existing software which QL users already own to work from disk or emulator without the need for a microdrive cartridge. We can also supply a working copy on microdrive if required, which will not require the original master. We cannot
guarantee
that these updates will work on the latest
versions of the QL, or all
current emulators, but would welcome feed back
detailing which systems
they will not work on. Certainly most seem
to work on the
shareware QemuLator and that is what we tend to
use for testing at
present. If you want to try out the various Sinclair QL emulators available, we can provide a CD-ROM with all of the emulators plus a wide variety of documentation and software - see here for details. In order to obtain a copy of the software, you will need to provide proof that you own the original commercial program. You will then need to pay a fee for the working copy according to the following prices: Disk Version
£5
+ postage Please also note that when ordering our own software, you can also request an emulator version. Copyright
Holders What Updates
Are
Available? NOTE: When ordering, you will be asked to provide proof that you own the original version!
Compatibility At the moment, many games may not run on QPC2 and have not been tested - we will test them as people order - the main issue is that QPC2 runs too quickly! We are also aware that the following software seems to have problems on the ROM versions specified (although this is not exhaustive) - We would welcome any additions to this list, so that hopefully the programs can be changed to make them compatible: SMSQ/E v2.85 MINERVA
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