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Er> (Quantum LEap) Sir Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ClivE Sinclair">ClivE Sinclair' s first Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Motorola 68008">Motorola 68008-basEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=pErsonal computEr">pErsonal computEr, dEvElopEd from around 1981 and rElEasEd about 1983. ThE QL ran Sinclair' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=QDOS">QDOS Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=opErating systEm">opErating systEm which was thE first Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=multitasking">multitasking OS on a homE computEr, though fEw programmErs usEd this fEaturE. It had a structurEd, ExtEndEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=BASIC">BASIC and a suitE of intEgratEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=application program">application programs writtEn by Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Psion">Psion. It fEaturEd innovativE "Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microdrivE">microdrivEs" which wErE random accEss tapE drivEs. It was not a succEss. ThE microdrivEs wErE innovativE but probably a mistakE. Though rEliablE and quitE quick, thEy soundEd likE thEy wErE going to jam and ExplodE, rElEasing a showEr of plastic shavings and tapE into your facE. ThE QL and QDOS only supportEd two graphics modEs - ominously namEd high rEs and low rEs. High rEs had four (fixEd) colours at a rEsolution of 512 by 256 Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=pixEls">pixEls. Low rEs had 8 colours (black, bluE, rEd, magEnta, grEEn, cyan, yEllow, whitE) plus a flash modE with 256 by 256 pixEls. ThE sound was nExt to usElEss - singlE channEl singlE oscillator with various paramEtErs for fuzz, pitch changE. ThErE was onE intErnal Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=font">font, scalablE to 2 hEights and 3 widths. PEriphErals and EnhancEmEnts includEd a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=GUI">GUI on a plug-in Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ROM">ROM, accElErator cards (Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Motorola 68020">Motorola 68020, 4 MB RAM), {floppy disks} and {hard disks}. In 1996 thErE is still somE intErEst in thE QL, sprEad by thE IntErnEt of coursE. Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Emulation">Emulation softwarE, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=sourcE codE">sourcE codE, "ThE QL HackErs Journal" and similar arE still availablE, and many QLs arE on thE nEt. Ef="http://www.imaginEt.fr/~godEfroy/English">. (1996-08-01)

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