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by RWAP
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:30 am
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: Marq
Replies: 6
Views: 5116

Re: Marq

Welcome to the forums Marq - it is good to see new people joining the forums and we can help in any way we can. Some good QL demos are required - but if you want to use dual screens, Minerva is certainly a help on that score, as you can access the QL's main screen (located at $20000 - or 131072) as ...
by RWAP
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: My first QL
Replies: 20
Views: 14513

Re: My first QL

Welcome to the board - it is good to see more people trying out the QL for the first time.

You may find the QL Wiki of interest also to provide some background information
by RWAP
Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:37 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)
Replies: 8
Views: 6066

Re: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)

Ah - who is the author for the program though?
by RWAP
Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:26 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Blast Buggy Re-Released
Replies: 1
Views: 2460

Blast Buggy Re-Released

I have now re-released another QL arcade game - Blast Buggy by Paul Tuck - this was originally sold by Shadow Games, but the rights to it were acquired by Talent+ so I have now re-released it. See http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/Sinclair_QL_Arcade_Game%3A_Blast_Buggy-2094 I find this game q...
by RWAP
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:06 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: My game development thread
Replies: 81
Views: 47206

Re: My game development thread

For anyone looking to convert BMP to QL screen format, I have just been looking at this myself. Whilst the QL Graphics Convertor (which we used for QWord) and the bmp2pic program by Phoebus Dokos work for 24 bit BMP files, they fail on converting them to MODE 8 pictures The QL Graphics Convertor was...
by RWAP
Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: GC/SGC battery replacements...
Replies: 6
Views: 4627

Re: GC/SGC battery replacements...

That is good news indeed - plenty of Gold Card / Super Gold Card owners will be pleased to see these available again
by RWAP
Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:33 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: So I bought some QL scrap
Replies: 19
Views: 9919

Re: So I bought some QL scrap

I doubt that using one JM ROM chip and one JS ROM chip in the same QL would work, so that would be the first thing to sort out.

A good clean of the microdrive units may provide some working units if nothing else.
by RWAP
Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Some more QL Software up for grabs
Replies: 0
Views: 2482

Some more QL Software up for grabs

I have listed some more Sinclair QL software on sellmyretro.com, including Knight Flight, Tycoon and Hyperdrive

See http://www.sellmyretro.com/category/Ret ... L/Software for listings
by RWAP
Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Why was the QL never successful?
Replies: 32
Views: 22841

Re: Why was the QL never successful?

I agree with the above comments, although at the time, when you look at the cost of 5.25" disk drives (or better, 3.5" disk drives), they alone would have added £100s to the price of the QL. Add more memory and that was also a big stumbling block. WIMP systems were not actually around whe...
by RWAP
Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)
Replies: 8
Views: 6066

Re: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)

I can't quite work out if there is any difference between the three versions....