> >It is always sensible to work of backup cartridges though - it sounds > like he was using the master cartridges. > > Quill is a copy; the others may be originals - they have "ABACUS" etc typed > on little labels on the ends of the cartridges. > > Alan T A reminder that zipped copies of the Psion QL programs Abacus, Archive, Easel and Quill are downloadable from my website, on http://www.homepages.tesco.net/dilwyn.jones/psions/psions.html
You can even get copies of the original V1 programs if anyone wants copies of these for a collection, for example. They are not too reliable for regular use, they had a bit of a reputation for being a bit buggy. Obviously, once downloaded to a PC or Mac or whatever you will need some form of QL file transfer program to transfer them to QL floppy disks. Such are programs are freely available - QLTools and others from Jonathan Hudson's website on www.daria.co.uk for example. Sadly, no easy way (other than RS232 cable transfer perhaps) of transferring them to QL microdrive cartridges. -- Dilwyn Jones
