# Sinclair Ql
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The sinclair ql (for Quantum Leap) is a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum.
The QL was the last desktop microcomputer from Sinclair Research aimed at the serious home user and professional and executive users markets from small to medium-sized businesses and higher educational establishments, but failed to achieve commercial success.
While the ZX Spectrum has an 8-bit Zilog Z80 as the CPU, the QL uses a Motorola 68008.
Sir Clive of ZX
TCW Podcast Episode 131 - Sir Clive of ZX
In our second part looking at Sir Clive Sinclair we pick up the story where we left off! We follow Sir Clive Sinclair as he reluctantly develops computers for the British market to fund his other project's. The wild popularity of the ZX line including…
RCR Episode 242: Retro networking, episode 1
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Ian Baronofsky, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Retro networking, episode 1
We talk about things the word “networking” evokes in the context of old computers. Transferring files between computers, reaching (sort of) the modern internet, networki…
73 : Oh Boy!
A gaming show where Quantum Leap is referenced but the Sinclair QL isn’t? For shame. @RawFury’s Sable demo, @mikeBithell’s The Solitaire Conspiracy, @AbrakamStudio’s Roguebook & more make up the chat, along with the topic of consumer guilt.
#67 Clive Sinclair and his Personal Computing Legacy
Last week, influential British inventor and entrepreneur Clive Sinclair passed away. Sinclair invented some of the first slim calculators, handheld televisions, and digital watches, but he is perhaps best known for being one of the pioneers of the British personal computer industry. In the early 19…
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RCR Episode 172: But the menus won’t stay open
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston (not hosting)
Topic: But the menus won’t stay open
Calmer days. Running old Mac OS software in an emulator, a reminder of how much extra whizzbang is distracting us now without necessarily adding much to the quality of the experience or pr…
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FLOSS-813 Jonathan: Hey folks, this week, Simon Phipps and Aaron Newcomb joined me and we talk about an interesting smattering of topics. We start with talking about legacy computing and retro hardware and how open source still makes that work. And then end up with politics. It's actually a lot of …
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MEGA65 Summer Filehost Roundup. Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for October 2026.
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MEGA65 Summer Filehost Roundup.
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This month we’re celebrating four years of Dan’s MEGA65 Digest, the five year anniversary of the origina…
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