The Sinclair QL Forum

To Vanpeebles : A very big research machine would be able to test the program to its limits very rapidly. The aim is to test 128mega of 32-bit base-27 words, using up to 12characters. This will require 2E17 operations, hence the need for a fast processor! Our objective is to discover what the optima...

Hi Folks, In recent Quanta magazines, Dilwyn and I printed text sorting code. But it transpires that the program is limited to sorting four-letter words on 32-bit computers. However, the program has considerable potential in that it can sort tens of millions of words at speeds far in excess of any o...

I bought test QL in a paris computing lab window in 1984. On reading the manual, I had to strike out errata listed on several insert pages, errata on errata and errata on errata on errata. Then with all errors noted I started computing without errors showing up. But when the press got hold of it the...