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title: "A Letter from England"
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published_at: "2026-03-13T18:40:32+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T18:40:33+00:00"
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excerpt: "A UK-based correspondent surveys the current QL hardware and software landscape in Britain and Europe, covering products such as the Gold Card, Pointer Interface, QPac2, QD4, QSpreadII, EasyPointerIII, and Miracle Systems QLX. Also lists a European QL BBS network compiled in December 1992 and mentions Jurgen Falkenburg hardware and Jochen Merz Software. Includes brief notes…"
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    title: "The RAMTOP Summer 1993"
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A UK-based correspondent surveys the current QL hardware and software landscape in Britain and Europe, covering products such as the Gold Card, Pointer Interface, QPac2, QD4, QSpreadII, EasyPointerIII, and Miracle Systems QLX. Also lists a European QL BBS network compiled in December 1992 and mentions Jurgen Falkenburg hardware and Jochen Merz Software. Includes brief notes on the Cambridge Z88.