Urs Koenig (QL) wrote:
We have been busy this summer trying to save as many
commercial QL titles as possible to ensure the continued
future of the QL.
We have managed to get most of the software from microdrive
onto a PC in a format for use with Q-emuLator in the main,
although it does help us to make fresh working copies on
microdrives and disks. The idea behind this, is to ensure
those users who have an original copy, but cannot get it to
load anymore, will be able to purchase a working copy on disk
or microdrive, or for use with Q-emuLator from our website
(provided that they can prove ownership of the original program).
As part of this work, we are also updating the QL Wiki to
include more information on the software, hardware, books and
traders that have been around since 1984. We would welcome
more input into the traders and personalities section in
particular if anyone knows the history of any of the software
and development houses (however short lived!).
The QL Wiki appears at: http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki
Lots of work to do in updating the software details, but we
hope that this will address one of the main issues when
people talk about the Sinclair QL - namely they are uncertain
what software was produced for it!!
Your QL Wiki and software rescue projects are a good initiative
to preserve the QL.
Are you aware of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_QL_Software
Wish: Any software which has been released from the rightholders
should be downloadable in the web. Maybe the download stuff could
all be on Dilwyn's pages and the QL Wiki just pointing there.
I'm still working on my "Sinclair QL Preservation Project" (SQPP),
mainly in scanning QL documents. My goal is to publish PDF's and
JPG's some day (maybe to be launched at the QL-Mac-Show).
Urs
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Hi Urs,
Many thanks for the comments - the wikipedia article probably needs to
be updated to link to the QL Wiki information.
The idea is indeed for any items which are public domain to be linked to
the downloads - see for example, the Damon Chaplin page.
Documents etc would also be a good idea, but the issue is, as always,
copyright!
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Rich Mellor
RWAP Services
URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk
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