QL is Making Slow But Steady Progress

Industry overview of the Sinclair QL’s progress in early 1986: CompuServe T/S conference increasingly QL-dominated, especially modem connectivity via hardware translators; Nigel Searle departed Sinclair Research for an IBM software company; Sinclair now marketing more aggressively through dealers with discounts on monitors and printers. New QL software reviewed: Supercharge SuperBASIC compiler (Digital Precision), Cosacs astronomy program (Talent), and Concept 3D CAD program (Robert Fingerle). QL now on display at Sunset Electronics for $299.