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Juan F. Ramírez<p>GREAT! Joan Gayón has made a port of Jon Ritman's Batman to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a></p><p>Download it here:<br><a href="https://sinclairqles.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/batmanql-descarga-download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sinclairqles.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/05/09/batmanql-descarga-download/</span></a></p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.elmundodelspectrum.com/bombazo-el-clasico-batman-de-jon-ritman-llega-al-sinclair-ql/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">elmundodelspectrum.com/bombazo</span><span class="invisible">-el-clasico-batman-de-jon-ritman-llega-al-sinclair-ql/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zxspectrum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sinclairql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sinclairql</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Juan F. Ramírez<p>May 1986: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zxcomputing</span></a> magazine tells Sinclair Research has sold its home computer business to Amstrad, which increases its share of home computer market from 20% to 60%</p><p>The future of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> , + &amp; 128 models and rumours of a new machine with a built-in tape recorder</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zxspectrum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@quazarsamcoupe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quazarsamcoupe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@loke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>loke</span></a></span> I think what really could’ve turned the table was if <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> had just stretched a little bit with the <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> and had graphic modes closer to the <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/SAMCoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAMCoupe</span></a> and done something innovative with sound. </p><p>Oh and also if they had not been so fixated on the idea of it as a ‘business machine’. But just a great all purpose Quantum Leap.</p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ExtentOfTheJam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ExtentOfTheJam</span></a></span> I think 'synthesizer' is a big word for what is there! :D</p><p>Basically it's an Intel 8049 controller that, amongst some other things, can play 1 channel 'tweaked beeps'.</p><p>The params are: pitch (0–255), duration, pitch-to-step-to (0–255), step-speed (in 72 microsecond resolution), step ... amount (unclear), how the pitch step warps/bounces, random (how much randomness in steps) and 'fuzz' (0–15, noisificates pitch).</p><p>I don't have a <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> but as an old <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> guy, I'm fascinated.</p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p>I think too few <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/SinclairQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinclairQL</span></a> demos use the <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a>’s own rather eccentric sound chip, instead using the generic and boring <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/AY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AY</span></a> extension board!</p><p>Even finding exact specs of how the parameters affect sound output is a chore, with many missing spots. Sounds like an interesting challenge. </p><p><a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Jon PENNYCOOK<p>My brain is stuck in the past. There's something that I keep forgetting how to do in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PowerShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerShell</span></a> but I can completely remember how to do it in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SuperBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperBasic</span></a> . I expect it's because I don't get enough sleep!</p>
rodlux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> I had a few <a href="https://maly.io/tags/sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sinclair</span></a> computers as well, it is where I started on this <a href="https://maly.io/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> stuff. Always wanted a <a href="https://maly.io/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> back then but instead when the time came bought an <a href="https://maly.io/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> followed by an <a href="https://maly.io/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://maly.io/tags/falcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falcon</span></a> then a <a href="https://maly.io/tags/pc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pc</span></a>.. Now I use a <a href="https://maly.io/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> but mainly for personal stuff. The <a href="https://maly.io/tags/falcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falcon</span></a> was a nice piece of kit but tanked.</p>
El Spectrum Hoy<p>Recreación la videoconsola Sinclair LC3 sacada del canal de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> "The lizard 's Lair". La LC3 era un <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zxspectrum</span></a> muy simplificado que funcionaría con cartuchos pequeños y baratos. El lanzamiento del <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> detuvo su desarrollo indefinidamente y la máquina jamás vio la luz, pero parece que existió un prototipo funcional.</p>
rodlux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@littlealex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>littlealex</span></a></span> <a href="https://maly.io/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> were not famous for their keyboards. Even the <a href="https://maly.io/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> which was allegedly for business had a totally useless keyboard for any serious work. I only saw the <a href="https://maly.io/tags/Enterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enterprise</span></a> for a few months in shops at the time, but don't remember anything running on them.</p>
@haitchfive<p>I was a little chary of the Amstrad form factor, I really didn't like the Amstrad CPC family, and I had to pick my nose and swallow my pride when Amstrad finally delivered a Spectrum with a floppy drive.</p><p>But if you think of it, the form factor was actually invented by Sinclair with the QL. Wrong storage device though!</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SinclairQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinclairQL</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amstrad</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Speccy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Speccy</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
videogamenewsroomtimemachine<p>40 years ago:<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> ships <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/QL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QL</span></a>,<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> looks hopeful &amp;<br>Jack is BACK!</p><p>These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!</p><p><a href="https://buff.ly/4bSAV1V" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4bSAV1V</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sega</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Coleco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleco</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSX</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Fractalus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fractalus</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amstrad</span></a></p>
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Kristoffer Lawson

#TheRegister celebrates the 40th anniversary of the #SinclairQL, one of the most unique slices of computing history. Arguaby a more interesting machine than the #Spectrum +2 and 3 of #Amstrad era. I feel #Sinclair’s main mistake here was positioning the #QL as only a business machine. Not understanding the power of fun and creation. After all, that’s really what life is about.

theregister.com/2024/01/16/ql_

The Register · How Sinclair's QL computer outshined Apple's Macintosh against all oddsBy Liam Proven
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dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

Ugh, that said this may be useless.

I watched a video yesterday that was deliberately obscuring the location filmed. From context clues and with some guesses and searching, I found it on the #map

That would've been easier via #OSM #QL. I've now learned enough to do a baby version of that query and the thing I found doesn't show up

In fact, the businesses aren't even on the OSM map. Like, not even as unnamed buildings. This would never have worked!

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