Re: [ql-users] QL roms
Thank you. Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Koenig Urs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; QL Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL roms Some information which may help: Mai 1985: Sinclair's QL armada FOREIGN language versions of the QL are now coming into production with software packages translated. The first of the new machines, a Spanish version, has already been launched, and Sinclair Research is to follow that with French, Italian and Danish. Further planned launches include Turkish, Greek, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Arabic. Some countries, such as Greece, require completely different keyboards, and others, such as France have different keyboard layouts, says a spokeswoman.(Sinclair User Issue 39, June 1985) 2.1 QDOS (this part of the FAQ is mainly based on articles in SQLW Aug. 1987 and Dec. 1990) QDOS is the original QL operating system. The versions are: % v0.05 : mentioned on Sinclair's prelimary 150 pages QDOS Manual written by Tony Tebby, later becomming the 195 pages QL Technical Guide written by David Karlin Tony Tebby (according to readers letter from Alan Turnbull in Popular Computing Weekly Vol 3 No 34, 23-29 August 1984) % v0.06 : dito % v0.07 : dito v0.08 : last pre-release version. v1.00 'FB' : came out in April 1984. This version of QDOS had lots of errors. v1.01 'PM' : Faster than FB, more tolerant of the microdrives, but it had still lots of errors. Both FB and PM ROMs were packed with bugs and needed a 'kludge board' to carry extra chips outside the computer. v1.02 'AH' : three 16K EPROM chips, the 'first useable version of QDOS' (Sinclair QLW Aug. 1987 p.18) v1.03 'JM' : first ROM supplied in two chips. Similar to AH but four bugs less (according to QLW Aug. 1987 p.18). AH and JM ROMs soon replaced the FB and PM ROMs. These were inside the box and had fewer bugs. v1.10 'JS' : arrives early in 1985. Last version used in machines made for sale in britain. First version which is able to link more than one plug-in device to the QL. New problems with function VER$ in the JS ROM. 'JSU': a special version for American QLs because of other television standards. contains 'all the JS bugs and features' (QLW Aug 87 p.20), plus the changes for the American TV. v1.13 'MGx': European ROMs. Has one new bug in the line drawing routine and kills several bugs. The third Character indicates the national variant of the ROM. The national messages, character sets and so on are in the smaller 16K ROM. % MGD : danish ROM % MGx : dutch ROM MGE : spanish ROM MGF : french ROM MGG : german ROM % MGx : greek ROM MGI : italian ROM % MGS : swedish ROM % MGx : turkish ROM xxx (danish, dutch, greek, turkish ROMs according to Sohail S Bhatti, Quanta magazine Volume 9 Issue 12, January 1993) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QL roms
Some information which may help: Mai 1985: Sinclair's QL armada FOREIGN language versions of the QL are now coming into production with software packages translated. The first of the new machines, a Spanish version, has already been launched, and Sinclair Research is to follow that with French, Italian and Danish. Further planned launches include Turkish, Greek, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Arabic. Some countries, such as Greece, require completely different keyboards, and others, such as France have different keyboard layouts, says a spokeswoman.(Sinclair User Issue 39, June 1985) 2.1 QDOS (this part of the FAQ is mainly based on articles in SQLW Aug. 1987 and Dec. 1990) QDOS is the original QL operating system. The versions are: % v0.05 : mentioned on Sinclair's prelimary 150 pages QDOS Manual written by Tony Tebby, later becomming the 195 pages QL Technical Guide written by David Karlin Tony Tebby (according to readers letter from Alan Turnbull in Popular Computing Weekly Vol 3 No 34, 23-29 August 1984) % v0.06 : dito % v0.07 : dito v0.08 : last pre-release version. v1.00 'FB' : came out in April 1984. This version of QDOS had lots of errors. v1.01 'PM' : Faster than FB, more tolerant of the microdrives, but it had still lots of errors. Both FB and PM ROMs were packed with bugs and needed a 'kludge board' to carry extra chips outside the computer. v1.02 'AH' : three 16K EPROM chips, the 'first useable version of QDOS' (Sinclair QLW Aug. 1987 p.18) v1.03 'JM' : first ROM supplied in two chips. Similar to AH but four bugs less (according to QLW Aug. 1987 p.18). AH and JM ROMs soon replaced the FB and PM ROMs. These were inside the box and had fewer bugs. v1.10 'JS' : arrives early in 1985. Last version used in machines made for sale in britain. First version which is able to link more than one plug-in device to the QL. New problems with function VER$ in the JS ROM. 'JSU': a special version for American QLs because of other television standards. contains 'all the JS bugs and features' (QLW Aug 87 p.20), plus the changes for the American TV. v1.13 'MGx': European ROMs. Has one new bug in the line drawing routine and kills several bugs. The third Character indicates the national variant of the ROM. The national messages, character sets and so on are in the smaller 16K ROM. % MGD : danish ROM % MGx : dutch ROM MGE : spanish ROM MGF : french ROM MGG : german ROM % MGx : greek ROM MGI : italian ROM % MGS : swedish ROM % MGx : turkish ROM xxx (danish, dutch, greek, turkish ROMs according to Sohail S Bhatti, Quanta magazine Volume 9 Issue 12, January 1993) v1.13 'EFP': should mean sigma-FP but the mexican chip makers couldn't find a sigma stamp (according to QLW Aug. 1987 p.21). These ROM's are further developments of the MG ROM and cannot be mixed with other QDOS 1.13 chips. (QL FAQ Firmware.txt) Best regards...Urs Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] im Auftrag von Dilwyn Jones Gesendet: Sa 12.08.2006 12:02 An: QL Users List Betreff: [ql-users] QL roms I've had an email from a former QL user in Finland concerning some international ROM version letters. I know that Sinclair used JS-U (USA), MG-G(Germany), MG-I (Italy), MG-F(French) and MG-E (Spain). Does anyone know of any other national ROM variants - what were the codes for Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese and other national variations of the ROM? -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] QL roms
I've had an email from a former QL user in Finland concerning some international ROM version letters. I know that Sinclair used JS-U (USA), MG-G(Germany), MG-I (Italy), MG-F(French) and MG-E (Spain). Does anyone know of any other national ROM variants - what were the codes for Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese and other national variations of the ROM? -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QL Roms
- Original Message - From: Davide Santachiara [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: [ql-users] QL Roms A former QL user incidentally surfed on my web site (www.geocities.com/dsantachiara) and has found the links to the freeware QL emulators. He would like to try some old QL games but he did not find the QL roms. Are they available somewhere for downloaed? Ciao Davide Try: www.dilwyn.uk6.net/qlrom/index.html Includes an Italian ROM if your contact is Italian. If anyone has any other national QL ROM, please send me a copy for me to add to my website. Minor point, please be aware that although we can distribute QL ROMs for no profit like this, we must remember that the ROMs (or ROM images) remain the copyright of the copyright holder for the region concerned. I respectfully request that nobody abuses this situation and causes us not to be able to legally distribute and use these QL ROM images! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/176 - Release Date: 20/11/2005 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
