---
title: "QL — First Impressions"
type: "article"
slug: "ql-first-impressions"
url: "http://localhost/article/ql-first-impressions/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/ql-first-impressions.md"
published_at: "2026-03-13T18:33:47+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T18:33:48+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "The editor shares first impressions of the Sinclair QL purchased from Quantum Computing at $199, with particular attention to the Quill word processor and the process of connecting the QL to a Brother EP-22 printer via serial cable. A personal account of the early QL ownership experience."
category:
  - name: "The Sinc Times"
    slug: "the-sinc-times"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/the-sinc-times/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Hardware review"
    slug: "hardware-review"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/hardware-review/"
  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
    slug: "sinclair-ql"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
indiv:
  - name: "Steve Berg"
    slug: "steve-berg"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/steve-berg/"
publication_r:
  id: 21222
  title: "The Sinc Times"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/the-sinc-times/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Steve Berg"
    slug: "steve-berg"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/steve-berg/"
volume: "3"
issue: "1"
issues_articles:
  - id: 50277
    title: "The Sinc Times Vol 3 No 1"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/the-sinc-times-vol-3-no-1/"
pages: "10"
pubdate: "February 1987"
archive_link: false
---

The editor shares first impressions of the Sinclair QL purchased from Quantum Computing at $199, with particular attention to the Quill word processor and the process of connecting the QL to a Brother EP-22 printer via serial cable. A personal account of the early QL ownership experience.