---
title: "QL Column"
type: "article"
slug: "ql-column"
url: "http://localhost/article/ql-column/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/ql-column.md"
published_at: "2026-03-13T14:07:39+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T14:07:39+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Reprints computer emoticons/smileys from the January 1987 issue of Office Automation, then presents a SuperBASIC graphic clock program originally written by Gary Sprang (3/5/87) and modified by Schaffer to add an hourly chime, AM/PM indicator, and repositioned clock face."
category:
  - name: "The RAMTOP"
    slug: "the-ramtop"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/the-ramtop/"
post_tag:
  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
  - name: "Superbasic (programming language)"
    slug: "superbasic-programming-language"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/superbasic-programming-language/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
    slug: "sinclair-ql"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
indiv:
  - name: "Gabe Schaffer"
    slug: "gabe-schaffer"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/gabe-schaffer/"
genre:
  - name: "Graphics"
    slug: "graphics"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/graphics/"
publication_r:
  id: 39272
  title: "The RAMTOP"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/the-ramtop/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Gabe Schaffer"
    slug: "gabe-schaffer"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/gabe-schaffer/"
issues_articles:
  - id: 50262
    title: "The RAMTOP Apr 1987"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/the-ramtop-apr-1987/"
pages: "2"
pubdate: "Apr 1987"
archive_link: false
---

# QL Column

Reprints computer emoticons/smileys from the January 1987 issue of Office Automation, then presents a SuperBASIC graphic clock program originally written by Gary Sprang (3/5/87) and modified by Schaffer to add an hourly chime, AM/PM indicator, and repositioned clock face.