>Does anyone know something about the merlin tonto personel computer ?
It is
>said its a ql clone but i cannot find much about it. Is it fully
compatible
>with the standard ql?
A company called ICL developed a machine called the OPD (One Per Desk)
based on QL hardware, and this appeared in several variants, one was
the Tonto.
The hardware is based on a QL, but it is not fully compatible with a
QL. I think it uses the same microdrive cartridges as the QLbut in a
different format, so a QL cannot read Tonto/OPD cartridges and a Tonto
cannot read QL software cartridges.
Dave Walker developed software many years ago to allow exchange of
software between OPD cartridges and QL cartridges. The software ran on
a QL and was called OPD Interchange.
I don't know if the software is still available. Dave Walker's website
is on www.itimpi.freeserve.co.uk
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