The Sinclair QL Forum

Hurrah for me, I was given a QL for Xmas.
So I thought I would come here.

It seems to be a stock machine so I assume no roms and only 128k.

Any top tips?

So far I have bought a few mags and a superbasic book from eBay and a couple of software titles from the rwap guy.


Toot toot!

Welcome to the QL forums - top tips?

Hmm.... Enter the command PRINT VER$ to check what ROM version you have as the way in which some programs work is dependent on the ROM version (for example, if you have a JM or earlier ROM), you need to enter the NEW command after linking in an extra toolkit...

Ideally, if you are going to make some good use of the QL, you need to look out for a disk interface with extra memory and a 3.5" disk drive, as a lot of software is now only available on disk (plus they are more reliable than microdrive cartridges).

wgoodf wrote:Hurrah for me, I was given a QL for Xmas.
So I thought I would come here.
It seems to be a stock machine so I assume no roms and only 128k.
Any top tips?
So far I have bought a few mags and a superbasic book from eBay and a couple of software titles from the rwap guy.
Toot toot!

The QL user group Quanta is still going - see http://www.quanta.org.uk

QL Today magazine - see http://www.qltoday.com

Loads of free software and information to download from my site at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk and plenty of reading matter (replacement manuals and articles) there too at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/index.html

There's a QL Users Email Mailing List, a kind of forum by email - further details at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/emaillst/maillist.html or http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

So, welcome and if in need of help, remember we're a friendly bunch here, don't be afraid to ask.

Dilwyn

Hello and welcome! As already said I think the best investment is a floppy drive plus a memory expansion.

vanpeebles wrote:Hello and welcome! As already said I think the best investment is a floppy drive plus a memory expansion.

And I take it these things are generally held by the chickens with the toothy smiles?

It depends on the type your after really Gold cards tend to go for a lot of money but you might get lucky finding a trump card or something similar quite cheap. The disk drives tend to go for more than the expansion cards. It's worth keeping an eye on ebay or trying RWAP?