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excerpt: "Reports Digital Precision's announcement of an MS-DOS 3.2/PC-DOS 4.0 emulator for the Sinclair QL at approximately $150, requiring memory expansion and disk hardware. Discusses the implications — access to IBM public domain software and BBS downloads — alongside speed and I/O compatibility concerns."
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    title: "The RAMTOP Jan-Feb 1989"
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# MS-DOS Emulator for the QL

Reports Digital Precision’s announcement of an MS-DOS 3.2/PC-DOS 4.0 emulator for the Sinclair QL at approximately $150, requiring memory expansion and disk hardware. Discusses the implications — access to IBM public domain software and BBS downloads — alongside speed and I/O compatibility concerns.