This message is to announce that a QL emulator for MacOS is available.
A demonstrative version (Q-emuLator LITE, limited in speed and features) can be found on Internet at InfoMac (sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac or any mirrors, temporarily in the /rec directory) or at maya.dei.unipd.it/pub/sinclair_QL (at the moment in the /incoming directory).
Q-emuLator LITE requires at least MacOS system 6.0.7 and 2M RAM. Some very old Mac models are not supported; anyway they couldn’t read QL floppy disks.
To run Q-emuLator you must have access to a QL to get the rom from it, as the rom seems to be still copyrighted by Amstrad and probably I can’t include it in the package. The QL should have a 3.5″ disk drive to copy the rom to floppy; then Q-emuLator reads from the floppy and copies the rom to the Mac.
The version (0.9.1) available at the Internet sites is not compatible with the MGUK rom. MGUK rom owners should get the patched version (0.9.2) from an Italian BBS: QITALY BBS ++39-342-590451
The full version of Q-emuLator is a commercial product (for ordering information see the documents in the Lite package, or ask to me by e-mail), running at the same speed as an original QL on a 33MHz 68040 Mac, and proportionally slower on other Macintosh models.
Features of the emulated QL: – up to 4M RAM – accepts (virtual) back 16K roms – compatible with over a dozen rom versions (Sinclair’s and Minervas), but not with SMSQ – reads/writes both Macintosh files and QL floppy disks (also formats them) – emulation of video, keyboard, sound, serial ports
The commercial version requires MacOS system 7.0 or later, color monitor and 4M RAM.
Daniele Terdina e-mail: [e-mail address omitted]
Feedback is always welcome!
From Robin Barker Jan 13, 96 01:25:04 pm EST
Subject: Di-Ren Helpline & Subject: Di-Ren’s New Email Address
Did you know it is possible to download Internet WWW Pages via Email?
Send an email to: webmail@curia.ucc.ie
Subject: not relevant
Body: GET <URL> where <URL> is the Web page address.
Eg.
GET http://www.forthrt.com/~di-ren/ql.html will return our QL HTML document.
For help, send HELP
Please note our new Email address and update your records accordingly. support@di-ren.demon.co.uk
Compuserve users please note that this is an INTERNET and not CompuServe address.
Robin Barker
Di-Ren