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I think Popopo wants to run on a BBQL with extra memory, and it's nicer to use emulation that mimics that environment more closely when running something on your desktop. I think the same can be argued in other communities, like the Amiga for instance, where many hobbyist prefer WB 1.3, or WB 2.0 ...

Some news regarding QL/E...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQDnFV ... ThREL8R9RO

Doing the "job" using QL/E under a Windows PC is easy-peasy as follows:
1. Start QPC2.bat
2. In the 10 seconds countdown of the boot splash screen, press: m (this gives a minimal featured desktop)
3. Once QL/E boot completed, invoke: IDE
4. a) Load or type in a S*BASIC program, e.g.: LOAD WIN1_etc ...

It is always great to see people learning to explore the QL world! Also great to see the help/support of QL dinosaurs answering the same or similar questions of newbies or the inexperienced. But why do people often go to the trouble of building their own kind of QL runtime environment to do their ...

Why not start a new thread "Original Sinclair QL (EP)ROM Software 13-2-84" under Software and another "Very early pre-mass-production QL" under Hardware?

Good work Daniele!

With best wishes for 2025, especially good health and happiness!
Cheers, Urs

So the question is, can this be made to work to any degree without the original 8000 ROM? Lacking some features, but some kind of stable environment?

The 32KB ($0000 and $4000) of "13-2-84" are starting up in qlay, but stop at the memory test pattern. It looks like most of QDOS is in the third ...

Chr$ wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:47 pm

QLvsJAGUAR wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:59 pm Chris, can you tell us the story of the purchase? Did you travel from Germany to England (Wolverhampton?) to meet the seller and collect the machine. Any anecdotes?

Well as you asked! ...

That's what I call a story!

The order of code is very different from the production ROMs. It looks like the lower ROM area contains SuperBASIC code, then there is the 7.2K gap before $7000, and after that there appears to be QDOS code. This coincides with the 'QDOS' sticker on the EPROM in the dongle.

A short inspection in ...