Welcome to QXL.WIN, the QL Container
Contact me on: collector (followed by the usual email symbol and) qxl.win. Or via the qlforum.co.uk, I am user Chr$.
Recent additions - 18/12/23 added Gold Card and Super Gold Card. 20/12/23 added Aurora, 30/1/24 Added Merlin Tonto
This is QXL.WIN, the online container* for my Sinclair QL related collection of hard/software. I like to focus on originality, so for each item I try to show a number of large images and for software I also list the names and sizes of all files on the original media plus the original media name - so you can compare your items (let me know about any differences). I often have swaps available or for sale and am always on the look-out for anything QL related that isn't on my list - especially original microdrive cartridges.
This website has been constructed (initially in 2021) using very basic HTML with just pictures and text in the hope that users of computers with less sophisticated browsers may also be able to access it.
Some related info: PDF intro to the QL and some hardware developments : Info on the Psion versions and labels : My Rarity Scale : Why I Collect QL? : Tips on Microdrive Cartridge Recovery : Cartridge Data Structure : My Recovery Statistics.
Eventually, when I find the time, I hope to add a page for every item (those in bold already have a page).
Fun fact: The text on this page (NOT including the images) and the HTML code that formats it (inc. Frontpage bloat), is 115kb in size, which is about the maximum amount of storage space available on a single QL Microdrive Cartridge.
*QXL.WIN was originally the name of the container file on IBM compatible FAT partitions that the 16-bit ISA Miracle Systems QXL(II) card used as its hard drive. Since then, it has become the main container file type for QDOS files and has been implemented on other QL compatible systems, is also implemented in a number of emulators and just recently got added support as a container file on SMSQ/E - the OS evolution of the QL's original QDOS. Ironically, QXL.WIN type container files can, in conjunction with the QL-SD interface, now be used on original QL computers.
WANTED, do you have any of these cartridges: (I have annoyingly empty original boxes for them!)
Lands of Havoc (Microdeal), Omega (Caret), Super Arcadia (Digital Precision), Super Sprite Generator (Digital Precision), The Designer (Pyramide), Transact (Dialog), QRam German version (QJump).
BEST PRICES PAID.
The names in bold are links to separate info pages.
(original boxed Microdrive cartridges)
| 3D Slime - Datalink Systems | Knight Flight - Realtime |
| Area Radar Controller - Shadow Games | Lost Pharaoh, The - Talent |
| BJ The Return - Eidersoft | Match Point - Psion |
| BJ in 3D Land - Eidersoft | Meteor Storm, QL - Sinclair/Arrakis |
| Bridge Player - CP Software | Oxford Trivia - Talent |
| Bridge Player II - CP Software | Quboids, QL - Sinclair/AJS |
| Bounder, QL - Sinclair | Reversi, QL - Sinclair/Games of Skill |
| Cavern, QL - Sinclair, (feat. BJ) | Scrabble, Computer - Leisure Genius |
| Chess - Psion branded | Spook (Mighty Munchers) - Eidersoft |
| Chess, QL - Sinclair branded | Star Guard & Galactic Invaders - Shadow Games |
| Citadel - Eidersoft | Steve Davis Snooker - CDS Software |
| Cuthbert in Space - Microdeal | Super Backgammon, QL - Digital Precision |
| Fictionary, QL- Whoopee/Sinclair | Tank Busters - Sellasoft |
| Flight Simulator, QL - Microdeal | Type 22 - Talent |
| Gwendoline - Labochrome | Vroom AKA Wroom - Pyramide |
| Hopper, QL - Microdeal | Wanderer, QL - Pyramide |
| Hungry Harry in Haunted House - Snowsoft | Warship, GM - Complex Data Systems |
| Hyperdrive, QL - English Software | War in the East (+ Scenarios) - Sharps Inc |
| Karate - Pointblank/Eidersoft | Zapper with Eagle - Eidersoft |
Text Adventure Games (original boxed Microdrive cartridges):
| Aquanaut 471 - Microdeal |
| Dark Side of the Moon, The - Javid Systems |
| Lost Kingdom of Zkul, The - Talent |
| Nemesis - Talent |
| The Talisman - PCBS |
| Pawn, QL - Sinclair/Magnetic Scrolls |
| West - Talent |
Loose Microdrive cartridges - many of which were not originally supplied in boxes:
| Crazy Painter (box missing) - Microdeal |
| Droidzone (box missing) - Digital Precision |
| Farmer (box missing) - Talent |
| Games Cartridge (supplied loose) - Sinclair/Various |
| Medic Games 1 (supplied loose) (M-Treasure & M-Cruncher) |
| (Medic Games 2) M-Metropolis (supplied loose) |
| Medic Games 3 (supplied loose) (M-Cosmic) |
| Quest: The Adventure (box missing) - Quest Automation Ltd |
| QSQUIDGE (supplied loose) - QL World exchange |
| QL RADAR (supplied loose) - QL World exchange |
| Super Croupier (box missing?) - Pyramide |
(utilities, business, programming etc, original boxed Microdrive cartridges):
| 68000 Software (Drawing Off-ICE) - Eidersoft | Psion Suite, Italian (general page) |
| ArtICE - Eidersoft | Psion Suite, Spanish (general page) |
| Assembler Workbench (sm box) - Talent | Psion Suite, UK (general page) |
| Assembler Workbench (lg box) - Talent | Psion Suite, USA (general page) |
| Assembler, QL - Sinclair/GST | Q Draw - Psion |
| BASIC-ALLY - Talent | Q Ram (v1.15) - QJump |
| CAD PAK (v5) - Datalink Systems | QSPELL (v2.11) - Eidersoft |
| Cartridge Doctor (v3.4g common page) - Talent | Ram Disk and Print Spooler - Talent |
| Cartridge Doctor (v3.4h common page) - Talent | RAM Disk and Utilities - QfLash |
| ChoICE - Eidersoft | Shrub Databank & Planner (+ fruit) - Superplant |
| Cosmos - Talent | Sideways (v1.3) - Talent |
| Decision Maker, QL - Sinclair/Triptych | Starmouse - Investronica |
| File Transfer - QuaLsoft | Super Astrologer - Digital Precision |
| Flashback - Sector Software | Supercharge (Special), QL - Digital Precision |
| Front Page - Gap Software | Task Master - Sector Software |
| Gardener, QL - Sinclair/Gordian Computing | Tasprint QL - Tasman Software |
| GraphicQL - Talent | Technikit - Talent |
| Home Finance, QL - Sinclair/Buzzz Software | TechniQL - Talent |
| ICE Toolkit - Eidersoft | Toolset, QL (v1.0) - Talent |
| Integrated Accounts, QL - Sinclair/Sage | Toolkit, QL - Sinclair/QJump |
| Machine-Code Editor/Assembler, QL - McGraw | The QL Super Monitor - Digital Precision |
| Nucleon - Pyramide | Toto 13 - JCE |
| Peintre, QL - Pyramide | Touch Typist - Sector Software |
| Project Planner, QL - Triptych | Touch 'n' Go, QL - Sinclair/Harcourt Systems |
| Psion Suite, French (general page) | Viewpoint - Rubicon |
| Psion Suite, German (general page) | Z80 Assembler, QL - C L Lang |
Loose Microdrive cartridges - many of which were not originally supplied in boxes:
| 4Matter - Zitasoft | QL ART - Eidersoft |
| Assembler Development Kit, QL - Metacomco | QL Expert - (expert system shell 'AI') Compware |
| C Development Kit, QL - Metacomco | Qliberator 3.22a - Liberation Software |
| Cash Trader, QL (CT) - Sinclair/Quest Group | QLINK v1.497 - Meta Media Productions |
| Cash Trader, QL (Report) - Sinclair/Quest Group | Qplus+ v2.4 - Sandy |
| Computer One Pascal (v2.0 and v2.01) | Side Winder - Zitasoft |
| Computer One Monitor | Special Digital C - Digital Precision |
| CP/Mulator - Sandy | Special Editor (1) - Digital Precision |
| Desktop Publisher - Digital Precision | Tascopy, QL - Tasman Software |
| Digital C (SE) 2 - Digital Precision | Terminal v4.0 - Qcode |
| Editor (1), The - Digital Precision | Tony Firshman (xmodem) |
| Editor (2), The - Special? - Digital Precision | Tridim, QL - Pyramide |
| EyeQ v2.0 / 2.1 - Digital Precision (caution nudity ;) ) | Turbo Toolkit - Digital Precision |
| Gigachrome v1.01 - ABC Elektronik | Turbo Toolkit - Digital Precision |
| Lightning - Digital Precision | Utilities, QL - Sinclair (German version) |
| Locksmithe - Zitasoft | Write Turn - Sector Software |
| Microdrive Toolkit - Compware | QSNAIL (DIY Assembler) - QL User supplied |
| MON QL - HiSoft | Multiplication (73.) - QL World exchange |
| Pathways, QL (original sales demo) - Sinclair | FileBound - QL World exchange |
| Poolswinner v2.0 - Xenon | League Secretary (67.) - QL World exchange |
| Pro Pascal (2) - Prospero Software | |
| P-System - TDI |
(many of which were not originally supplied in boxes):
| 2488 - Software 87 | ProWesS & ProWesS Docs |
| ArtICE v1.2 - Eidersoft | Q40 Support Disk - D&D |
| Black Knight - JMS | Q40 QDOS Classic v3.25 - Kowalik/Swift |
| Brain Smasher! - JMS | QD Editor v9 - JMS |
| ClipArt parts I, II and III, The - PROGS | QDIII v4F11 (French exclusive) - JMS |
| Cosmos+ (1988) - Talent (Corrupt) | QL/MS-DOS v4.0x - Digital Precision |
| DiscOver - PDQL | Qliberator 3.36 - Liberation Software |
| Disk Mate 5 - PM Data | QLOAD & QREF - Liberation Software |
| Disk Utilities - Ergon Development | QL-PC Fileserver II - DiRen |
| Doctor Editor - Arvid Borretzen | QMENU menu extensions v4 - JMS |
| EasyCircuit v2.01 - A von Doellen | QPAC II (DE) - QJump |
| EASYPTR 3 Basis (German) - Albin Hessler | QPAC2 v1.04 (EN) - QJump |
| FiFi File Finder (French) - JMS | QPAC2 v124F (EN) - QJump |
| Fleet Tactical Command - DiRen | QPAC2 v120F (French) - QJump |
| Font Master v1.09 - Digital Precision | QPTR v0.07 - QJump |
| founted89 - Software 87 | QPTR v0.11 - QJump |
| fountext88 (English) - Software 87 | QPTR v0.29 - QJump |
| fountext88 (German) - Software 87 | QRAM - QJump |
| fountext94 founts 1 - Software 87 | Qshang - JMS |
| graFix v3.0 - Digital Precision | QTYP 2.08 - Software 87 |
| HDD-Card - ABC Elektronik | Question Master & Quiz Set 1 - DJC |
| Hermes Zusatzdateien (German) - TF Services | Return to Eden (english) - Hallmark Software |
| HyperHelp for Basic - JMS | Silicon Express (Prog loader, FR) - Silicon Express |
| Lightning - Digital Precision | SER Mouse - Albin Hessler |
| Lightning Accelerator (SE) - Digital Precision | SMSQ v2.76 for QXL Card - QBranch |
| Lightning (SE) - Digital Precision | SMSQ/E for QXL Card - QBranch |
| Lonely Joker V2, The - JMS | Solution - Digital Precision |
| Look & Show v1.3 - SPEM | Solvit Plus 2 & Dictionaries, Disks 1, 2 & 3 - DJC |
| Mathematical & Graphical Toolkit - Chalmers | Speedscreen Configuration - Creative Codeworks |
| Mathematical & Graphical Toolkit - Svenska QL Grp | Success (CP/M) - Digital Precision |
| Oracle, The - JMS | text87 (German) - Software 87 |
| Painter, The - PROGS | text87 (English) - Software 87 |
| (PC) Conqueror v1.16 - Digital Precision | Thor Desk - Urs Koenig |
| Publisher's Pack - Software 87 | Type 22 - Talent+/RWAP |
| Professional Publisher - Digital Precision | typeset90 - Software 87 |
Test Equipment
Original Thorn EMI Factory Test Jig for UK made QL's
QL or QL Based Computers
| Sinclair QL Computer, UK Version (Thorn EMI) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, DE Version (Samsung) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, FR Version (Thorn EMI) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, ES Version (Thorn EMI) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, IT Version (Thorn EMI) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, SW(eden) Version (Samsung) |
| Sinclair QL Computer, Issue 7 with Schoen Keyboard |
| Aurora v1.0, Motherboard |
| Sandy QXT 640 |
| BT Merlin Tonto |
| QXLII ISA Card |
| Q40 Computer |
| Q68 Computer |
Expansions/Accessories
| Q+ Disk Interface + 256k RAM by PCML |
| Floppy Disk Interface + drive by Micro Peripherals |
| Trump Card by Miracle Systems |
| QuintupLer Modern 512K Internal RAM |
| 512K EXPANDERAM by Miracle Systems |
| Gold Card by Miracle Systems |
| Super Gold Card by Miracle Systems |
| RAM-Plus (512K) by CST |
| HDD (MFM) Interface Card by ABC |
| QEPIII EPROM Programmer by QJUMP |
| Twin Expansion Unit by Sandy |
| TDI Trump Card Clone by Tetroid |
| (XT) Keyboard Interface by ABC |
| (AT) Keyboard Interface by Di-Ren |
| Digitiser by SPEM |
| QL Keyboard by SPEM |
| QL Printer by Sinclair |
| Qimi Mouse Interface by QJUMP |
| QL-VGA v1 by Marcel Kilgus |
| QL-SD v1 by Graf/Kilgus |
| C Compiler ROM by Metacomco |
| SUPERToolkit v2.20 ROM by QJUMP |
| SUPERToolkit v2.05 ROM by QJUMP |
| ICE Icon Controlled Environment ROM by Eidersoft |
QXL.WIN (c) 2021 - 2024 by Chr$. RIP Sir Clive.