Site Updates List
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04/02/12 Added details of Quanta Workshop and AGM on 24-25th March to home page and Shows page.
01/02/12 extens.zip on Toolkits page updated again (specifically the RETRY_OPEN extension).
28/01/12 extens.zip on Toolkits page updated.
27/01/12 GWASS assembler program and sources updated on Assembler page. Some changes also to Turbo, C, Toolkits and Sound pages.
26/01/12 Further extensions from Adrian Ives (OSCECK and RETRY_OPEN) added to Extens.zip on Toolkits page.
25/01/12 ISRES extension (part of Adrian Ives extensions collection) on Toolkits page updated.
13/01/12 Catchjack game added to Games page.
12/01/12 Further work done on the eBooks section.
08/01/12 Added new version of the Shell program by Adrian Ives to Shells page. New version of QStripper for Windows from Norman Dunbar (now works on Windows 7-64 bit as a 32-bit app) on File Transfer page. Started a new eBooks section within the Documentation pages, so that we can get QL documents and books for tablet PCs, Kindles, etc etc.
13/12/11 Corrected out of date link to Just Words! website on Misc Programs page.
12/12/11 Updated version of QaLendar 2012 now available on Calendars page. Updated version of Postcodes program on Misc Programs page.
28/11/11 Lear PCB Design now at version 7.21 on Graphics page.
21/11/11 Added QaLendar2012 to Calendars page.
30/10/11 Added QPConDOS to File Handling page.
29/10/11 Added Job2Bas, zipped unzip5.41 and S*BASIC versions to Archivers page.
14/10/11 Added link to Memory Lane Computing's blog about Ser-USB, Q-BUS etc. on the QL Web Pages page.
11/10/11 Minor update to Paragraph v2.03 zip file (2 superfluous files included in error)
09/10/11 Paragraph v2.03 (Prowess based pointer driven word processor) now released as Freeware by the author Francois Lanciault and added to Prowess page. Replacement manual for the version of QIMI supplied by Quanta added to Replacement Manuals page.
07/10/11 Added QIMI manual to Replacement Manuals page.
24/09/11 Added PDF versions of Aurora manuals following request on ql-users list.
17/09/11 Corrected link to Wolfgang Lenerz's QL software downloads page.
06/08/11 Glossary substantially updated.
20/07/11 Removed this site from Quantum Webring as it was irritating people by automatically redirecting to the webring hub without giving the user the choice. Added Brian Kemmett's index to QL Today magazine for Volume 15.
19/07/11 Replacement manual for ABC ROM-port keyboard interface added to replacement manuals page.
10/07/11 Purge of "dead" links in the links to QL websites page. Postcodes program added to Misc Programs page. Link to Roger Godley's GD2 Xchange (via Just Words! website) added to Psion Programs page. QL80 cross-assembler available from Assembler page. Spectrum disk copier Kopiila and an MSX screen converter added to File Transfer page. Asalto y Castigo added to Games page.
13/06/11 Super Forth and Reversi (the forth is 83 standard) now released as PD, available on the Programming Languages page.
11/06/11 Special version of Unzip for QemuLator for Windows added to Archivers page, with thanks to Rich Mellor.
10/06/11 Lear PCB Design version 7.19 now available on Graphics programs page.
21/05/11 Added Twitter button to home page.
06/05/11 Some manuals such as QL Technical Guide added to Replacement Manuals page (Technical Guides section).
22/04/11 A more recent version of the Toolkit 2 ROM image added to the P.E. page (thanks to David Buckley).
19/04/11 Updates to QL CD-ROMs page. Latest English versions of Quill (2.35), Archive (2.38), Abacus (2.35) and Easel (2.35) all added to Psion programs page, with grateful thanks to Rich Mellor for helping locate copies of these versions.
18/04/11 QL Today indexes now available as a 5-year set (to reduce download sizes) as well as individual year PDFs. Quanta workshop advert removed from home page and shows page. Quanta page updated after AGM. Show report added here.
14/04/11 A replacement manual for the Sinclair QL Printer is now available from the Replacement Manuals page. Indexes to QL Today amagazine now all available as PDF files on QL Today page. Corrected error on Quanta page.
13/04/11 QL Today index files now include index for Volumes 12-14, kindly submitted by Brian Kemmett. Added more details of this weekend's Quanta QL show and AGM to home page.
11/04/11 Added Word Doc and PDF file versions of Trump Card manual to the Replacement Manuals page.
06/04/11 ZX81-style Truetype fonts added to Fonts page.
04/04/11 Added short document about wiring for USA/German QL serial ports to hardware docs page. Article about serial links updated with USA QL pinout information. Added Sinclair QL Printer manual to replacement manuals page.
31/03/11 Glossary further updated. Replacement manual for PCML Q+ disk interface (Word version) now half the original file size. Micro-Peripherals disk interface utilities disk now available, along with relevant extract of the interface manual just for the utilities disk.
24/03/11 Added Lee Privett's "I Want 2 Learn 2" site to my QL websites links page.
19/03/11 Added updated Glossary file to the Documents section.
17/03/11 Added runtime QL archive package and sample user-written machine code routines for Archive to Psion programs page. Added to same page Archive _pro unprotection program, allowing protected Archive older application programs without source files to be loaded, edited and saved.
16/03/11 Added a short listing to allow Unzip's executable file header to be restored to get around situations where the self-executable fails to run properly on some emulators. This gets around the catch-22 situation where you need to have a copy of Unzip to Unzip your first copy of Unzip on a new system... See the Archivers Page.
15/03/11 Several articles added to the Documents section.
14/03/11 Added circuit diagrams of Medic QL expansion boards to Hardware Docs page. Added some Minerva utilities and support disk to QL ROMs page. Added several old PD games to Games page.
10/03/11 Added some documents about the SuperQBoard to the Hardware Docs page.
08/03/11 Added Lee Privett's QL Image Repository and QL Blog sites to the links page.
28/02/11 Added ATM type 1 and Proforma _pff versions of Lee Privett's QL-style True Type font to the fonts page.
25/02/11 Added links to Dave Park's QL websites to links page. Added QL-style True Type font to Fonts page. Updated QL shows page with details of Quanta workshop and AGM in April. Added new version of PCML Disk Interface manual to Replacement Manuals page.
31/01/11 George Gwilt's new website address added to Links To QL Sites page.
19/01/11 Replacement manual for MicroPeripherals/Sinclair Floppy Disk System available to download as a PDF file on the Replacement Manuals page, with thanks to Rich Mellro for supplying the scanned file.
27/12/10 Latest version of Geoff Wicks's General Election program added to the Miscellaneous Programs page.
24/12/10 Added Santa's Maze game to the Games page.
23/12/10 V7.18 of Malcolm Lear's PCB Design program is now available to download from the Graphics page.
20/12/10 Added Wordsearch and Wordspot to Games page. Also added 3 disks of adventure games for the Infozip interpreter on the Games page. Added latest version of QStripper for Windows (Quill doc file viewer for Windows) to File Transfer page.
14/12/10 Added link to a Spanish QL blog site on the links to QL websites page, and added SUSPEND extension to Toolkits page
13/12/10 Corrected Infocom package on Games page (executable file headers missing). Fixed the Inform package on same page too..
12/12/10 Added SirClive.ttf and ZX Spectrum.ttf font files to Fonts page, with thanks to Timothy Swenson for locating these fonts. I have added ATM type 1 and Proforma (QL) conversions.
11/12/10 Added SFSquareHead True Type font, with characters like the 'sinclair' logo of the 1980s, to the Fonts page.
09/10/12 QaLendar 2011 now available on Calendars page
02/12/10 Added details of the new QL Forum to Mailing Lists page.
01/12/10 Restored the Easyptr Articles page in the Documentation section (page had somehow been deleted in error).
26/11/10 Added articles about QLay2 (and its tools programs for file transfer) and QL2K to to the QLay page.
03/11/10 Beeper program added to Sound section page. A Puzzle program added to Games page.
30/10/10 Some information about the new versions of Q-emuLator for Windows and OSX announced today.
27/10/10 Marquee program added to Misc programs page. QXL Status program added to Files section.
19/10/10 Added replacement manual PDF files for CST RAM Plus expansion card and PCML Q+ disk interface to replacement manuals page, with thanks to Rich Mellor.
11/10/10 Finnish QL ROM image (version MGY, QDOS version 1Y13) added to QL ROMs page, with thanks to Urs König for supplying the image.
30/09/10 Removed a few broken links from the Links To QL Sites page.
22/09/10 Corrected the GST-QC compiler download on the Languages page. Also made available a copy in a QXL.WIN file for use with emulators such as QPC2 (thanks to Urs König).
15/08/10 Corrected a couple of addresses on QL Web Links page.
04/08/10 Mailing Lists page updated with details of the current Spanish QL forum. http://sinclairql.es added to QL web links page. Fixed a bug in the message form script.
22/07/10 V7.17 of Lear PCB Design now available on Graphics page.
12/07/10 GST QC 'C' language compiler now made freeware and available to download from the programming languages page.
21/06/10 Added Dave Walker's ICL OPD Transfer software to the File Transfer page (requested by Rich Mellor!)
15/06/10 Lear PCB Design v7.16 now available from Graphics page.
09/06/10 Finished implementing the "new look" for the site, barring mistakes of course. Known issues at the moment which I haven't yet figured out how to fix: (1) Firefox browser seems to insist on using a Serif font irrespective of setting in the Style Sheet, (2) Internet Explorer sometimes gets text alignment and/or cell width within a table wrong if picture is in left hand cell. Changing the entire website took a long time, there are bound to be a few things not working properly, so if you find any issues, please let me know!
28/05/10 Lear PCB Design now v7.15, on Graphics page.
15/05/10 Updated Quanta page and corrected out-of-date URL on Back To QL page.
03/05/10 Added Minerva manual in PDF format to Replacement Manuals page.
22/04/10 Updated my QL shows page.
19/04/10 Lear PCB-Cad on graphics page now known as PCB-Design and updated to v7.14. ShowQS (DOS program for viewing QL mode 4 and 8 QL screens) added to graphics page. QL Disk Reader (DOS program) added to file transfer page.
02/03/10 Corrected minor mistakes on QaLendar page and Links to QL Websites page. Quanta AGM notice with direct link from home page.
23/02/10 Lear PCB Cad v7.11 now available on Graphics page. Older non-pointered version now removed.
06/02/10 Just Words! website address updated on Links To QL-Related Websites page. QL Shows page updated with Quanta AGM/Workshop 2010 details.
31/01/10 Version 2 of Procman S*BASIC programming aid now available from the Programming Utilities page.
13/01/10 Lear PCB Cad 7.09 now available on Graphics page
20/12/09 QaLendar 2010 now available from QaLendars page. Other calendar-making programs for QL available from Utilities page.
16/12/09 Lear PCB Cad 7.08 now available on Graphics page.
15/12/09 Sell-My-Retro auction site added tolinks to QL-related websites page. One other link minor correction.
07/12/09 Lear PCB Cad now version 7.06 on Graphics page.
01/12/09 BetterBasic program on Chas Dillon programs page now v2.25 - minor amendment to allow it to run on SBASIC.
21/11/09 Fonted2.zip on Fonts page now fixed (was corrupt). Minor update to Lear PCB Cad on Graphics page (now runs OK on QL2K).
19/11/09 QL e-zines page now migrated from the old Topcities page to this site at ezines/index.html.
17/11/09 QL Shows page updated.
13/11/09 PCB Cad v7.05 (PE version) now available on Graphics page.
7/11/09 Pointer driven version of PCB-Cad added to Graphics page.
27/10/09 Update link to Davide Santachiara's website on links to QL-related websites page.
22/10/09 One software package removed from Fonts page at request of author.
26/09/09 Replacement software for Miracle MIDI interface (only works with that interface) now available on Miscellaneous software page. Zip Manager front end for Zip/Unzip updated to V1.06 to fix bug in Delete command. Zip Manager can be downloaded from the Archivers page.
24/09/09 Lear PCB Cad now at v6.67, with a further small amendment to improve compatibility with older QL systems.
18/09/09 Version 6.66 of PCBCad, to improve compatibility with older QLs, available on Graphics page.
16/09/09 Version 6.65 of Malcolm Lear's PCBCad program now available on Graphics page.
31/08/09 QL Shows page updated to include "QL & Mac Are 25" event later this year in Switzerland. Sprlib program (complementary to Duncan Neithercut's Eddicon program) now available on Sprites page.
30/08/09 Source files for Digital C SE now available from Languages page.
19/08/09 Q-Pass passwords database utility now available from Database programs page. Maths Toolkit on Toolkits page now includes a basic English translation.
06/08/09 New GD2 sprite editor (Beta version) from Duncan Neithercut now available from Sprites page.
Digital C SE now available for download from Languages page, with permission of the author.
27/06/09 Knitwear program added to Miscellaneous Programs page.
04/06/09 Added the missing last part of Simon Goodwin's file browser in the very last QL World from 1994 to the Articles page.
02/06/09 New version of Chord-It on educational programs page. Re-released games package by same author on games page, under the title of Phillip Sproston Games.
18/05/09 New pointer driven Sudoku program from Frank Dibowski available from games page.
03/05/09 New version of uQLx for Windows from Phoebus Dokos on emulators page.
01/05/09 Quanta page updated (new picture). Minor changes (e.g. mis-spelled name and misaligned photo in table) to Quanta AGM 2009 page.
25/04/09 Chord-It guitar chords database program by Phillip Sproston added to Education programs page.
22/04/09 Quanta page updated after AGM. New page with pictures from QL Is 25. My software CDs page updated.
01/04/09 Major rewrite as the site moves to TFS hosting. Now uses Style Sheets for a more consistent appearance throughout. Many broken links fixed throughout. My software version numbers list updated. Svscr and Outl (George Gwilt) updated.
21/03/09 U-Config update on Turbo page. New link to U-Config from the Config utilities page. A couple of lexicons added to the dictionaries listed on Dictionaries page. Minor update to QL shows page.
20/03/09 New Q-Dict dictionary program and translation dictionares added to Dictionaries page.
19/03/09 Added "QL" FavIcon to home page and FavIcon "how-to" article to HTML Utilities page.
12/03/09 TK2 v2.13 ROM image added to PE files page. Thanks again to Urs König.
11/03/09 MGF French QL ROM added to QL ROMs page. Slightly more recent binaries for uQLx added to Emulators page. Both thanks to Urs König of Switzerland.
06/02/09 Gwass updated on Assembler page. SETW updated on C page. Lear PCB Cad updated on Graphics page. Link to Quo Vadis Design QL software sales page now on website links page.
19/01/09 QL web links page updated (thanks to Javier Guerra). QL emulators page updated and "broken" links updated.
16/01/09 Lear PCB Cad now v6.62. QL Is 25 logo added (courtesy of Javier Guerra).
28/12/08 Lear PCB Cad updated on Graphics page. UConfig updated on Turbo page. SETW updated on C page. Shows page updated.
13/12/08 QL Today cover disks list updated.
10/12/08 Magazines page updated.
09/12/08 TurboPTR package updated on Turbo page.
30/11/08 EasyPEasy package added to Assembler page. TurboPTR updated on Turbo page. Zip Manager updated on Archivers page. PtrView package updated on Launchpad download pages.
04/11/08 Lear PCB Cad v6.59 now on Graphics page.
31/10/08 Added SPACE package to programming utilities page.
21/10/08 Updates to TurboPTR package on Turbo page.
19/10/08 Updates to PCBCad and QCoco on Graphics page.
11/10/08 Minor corrections to Emulators page link to QL2K and corrected Norman Dunbar website address on QL website links page.
09/10/08 Updates to QL Web Links page, Gwass assembler (on Assembler page), Cptr and Setw (on C page), and TurboPtr (on Turbo page) from George Gwilt.
02/10/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.56 now available on graphics page.
26/09/08 Latest version of Gwasl (George Gwilt's Gwass Assembler Lite version) for 68008 systems now on Assembler page.
23/09/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.54 now available on graphics page.
21/09/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.53 now available on graphics page.
08/09/08 Up to date versions of QCoCo and QCP added to graphics page. New pointer driven Font Editor for Wman2 systems now available from Fonts page.
03/09/08 Corrupt zip files on Turbo page corrected, with minor update to Turbo manuals package.
02/09/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.52 now on Graphics programs page.
29/08/08 Shows page updated. Lear PCB Cad 6.51 now on Graphics programs page.
19/08/08 Version 1.60 of Euro Converter now available on Business page.
18/07/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.50 update now available.
01/07/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.48 update now available.
19/06/08 QL Web Links page updated - some links removed.
16/06/08 Shows and QL Web Links pages updated.
28/05/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.46 update now available.
12/05/08 QL shows page updated.
05/05/08 QL emulators page, small update.
04/05/08 QL Web Links page updated. Shows page updated.
18/04/08 Added EpsonPS program to Printing programs page. This takes Epson printer output and converts it to Postscript.
16/04/08 Updated Quanta page, reflecting committee after AGM 2008. Added show report and pictures from the Workshop/AGM 2008 (link from Quanta page).
15/04/08 Some programs updated on Turbo page (Turbo compiler and UConfig packages). Details of new Toolkits CD added to QL CD-ROMs page. Updated QL On A Stick page (extra emulator). Restored an updated message form page to see if hackers will leave me alone now.
08/04/08 New program Sdump Manager added to Graphics page.
04/04/08 Lear PCB Cad 6.43 now on graphics page.
24/03/08 X-Words, a crossword and word puzzle solving program, added to Games page.
13/03/08 Norman Dunbar's website ("QDOS Internals") address updated on QL websites page.
04/03/08 Updated Javier Guerra addresses on links to QL websites page.
03/03/08 Version 6.42 of Lear PCB Cad now available from Graphics programs page.
14/02/08 Version 6.40 of Lear PCB Cad now available from Graphics programs page.
21/01/08 Version 6.39 of Lear PCB Cad now available from Graphics programs page.
30/12/07 Shows page updated.
18/12/07 Shows page updated
17/12/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.38 now available on Graphics page.
06/12/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.36 now available on Graphics page.
30/11/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.35 now available.
27/11/07 Message form script removed due to malicious users sending me hundreds of messages a day.
16/11/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.33 now available on Graphics page.
03/11/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.30 now on Graphics page.
25/10/07 Lear PCB Cad 6.29 now on Graphics page. Gwass15 assembler version now on Assembler tools page.
21/10/07 List of my programs versions numbers updated. Brand new Vision Mixer 2 program now on Graphics page. QL web links page updated.
20/10/07 Lear PCBcad program v6.27 now available on Graphics pages. Urs König's website address updated on QL websites links page.
11/10/07 Shows page updated.
10/10/07 New page added, with information about QL On A Stick project. Traders page updated. Quanta page updated.
09/10/07 Minor correction to the version of Lear PCB Cad uploaded yesterday.
08/10/07 Lear PCB Cad 626 now available on graphics page. Corrected the Editor 2000 archives on Editors & Viewers page, which previously contained some files from an older version. Mark Knight has kindly supplied a corrected pair of archives (including sources) for v3.07K
04/10/07 Zip Manager program (on Archivers page) now v1.04. Q-Trans 2 (on Launchpad pages) now v2.09.
28/09/07 Launchpad v2.09 (improved user account login) and Q-Trans 2.08 (RENAME bug when used on QDOS systems fixed) now both available from Launchpad pages.
04/09/07 Restored Danish MGD QDOS 1.13 ROM, deleted from site in error over the summer. Added Proportional Screen Printing routines and fonts to Basic Section page.
29/08/07 Go! version 1.02 on Utilities page.
28/08/07 Go! version 1.01 on Utilities page. Shows page updated.
22/08/07 Amended QL Shows page.
15/08/07 Added documents to Articles page.
13/08/07 Add documents to Basic, Printers and Arcticles pages.
09/08/07 Added documents to BASIC Documents page.
08/0807 Additional article added to the BASIC page in the Documents section.
07/08/07 Repaired the Archivers page (half of it was missing after last update). More additions to the Documents section.
06/08/07 Another attempt to fix the Zip Manager bug when running in 512x256 mode 4 - v1.03 of Zip Manager now on Archivers page.
05/08/07 Launchpad version 2 and demo version (v2.08 of both) now available for download from Launchpad/Demo Version page. V2.08 fixes a small bug leading to loss of menu sprites when the program is loaded into high memory addresses on large memory systems, due to address pointer value changing to exponential notation.
04.08.07 Graphics page now includes a short BASIC program to patch the Q60 program PQIV to provide mode 32 picture handling for QXL and QPC2 systems. Articles page in QL Docs section now set up.
03.08.07 Suqcess v2.05 latest demo version from Bob Spelten jr added to Demo Versions page. PE v2.03 test version added to Pointer Environment page (note: needs version JS or later ROM - preferably Minerva).
02.08.07 Launchpad v2.07 demo and upgrade versions added to Launchpad pages. Q-Trans v2.06 update added to same page. Zip Manager v1.02 now on Archivers page. Versions numbers list updated.
01.08.07 Lear PCBCad (on Graphics page) now at v6.20. Launchpad v2.07 and Q-Trans 2.06 available for download (improvements to resizing routines).
29.07.07 Oops, it seems Jonathan Hudson's QDOS page is still there, just no link from his home page, so reinstated it on my links page. oops again, it seems there was a pair of pages about the QL ROMs, so information from both have now been merged.
27.07.07 Managed to extract source code for Cocktails Waiter, now included as an untokenised boot_prg with the package. Removed link to Jonathan Hudson's website as it no longer contains QL material.
26.07.07 Cocktails Waiter program now added to Miscellaneous program page. Version Numbers list for my programs updated to include Go and Converter, plus other recently updated programs.
24.07.07 Two former DJC programs by Mike Crowe added: MegaToolkit is on the Toolkits page, while Squidgy Around The World is on the Games page.
19.07.07 Beta test version of new drive conversion utility (e.g. MDV to FLP or FLP to WIN) on File Handling Programs page.
07.07.07 Go! program added to Utilities page.
06.07.07 Updated QL shows page. QL Today page now has index to Volume 11 of the magazine, by Brian Kemmett. Greek ROM added to QL ROMs page.
29/0607 Version 6.17 of Malcolm Lear's PCBCAD program now on Graphics page.
05/06/07 Uploaded Zip Manager again to Archivers page - hopefully all 58K of it will be there this time. Uploaded version 6.16 of Malcolm Lear's PCB Cad program. Corrected some small errors in the Launchpad description pages.
03/06/07 Zip Manager program added to Archivers program page.
01/05/07 and 09/05/07 Started the process of moving the QL documentation files from the TopCities site to this site, to consolidate files on this site. The TopCities pages will stay there until the move is complete, but will probably not be updated any more.
26/04/07 Added version 2 of Tron colour theme (Simon Balderson) to Graphics page. Fixed link to Freeola ISP's home page.