[1] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

ql
     query language
     
     

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

ql
     
         quantum leap sir clive sinclair's first
        motorola 68008-based personal computer, developed from
        around 1981 and released about 1983.  the ql ran sinclair's
        qdos operating system which was the first multitasking
        os on a home computer, though few programmers used this
        feature.  it had a structured, extended basic and a suite of
        integrated application programs written by psion.  it
        featured innovative "microdrives" which were random access
        tape drives.  it was not a success.
     
        the microdrives were innovative but probably a mistake.
        though reliable and quite quick, they sounded like they were
        going to jam and explode, releasing a shower of plastic
        shavings and tape into your face.
     
        the ql and qdos only supported two graphics modes - ominously
        named high res and low res.  high res had four fixed colours
        at a resolution of 512 by 256 pixels.  low res had 8 colours
        black, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, yellow, white plus a
        flash mode with 256 by 256 pixels.  the sound was next to
        useless - single channel single oscillator with various
        parameters for fuzz, pitch change.  there was one internal
        font, scalable to 2 heights and 3 widths.
     
        peripherals and enhancements included a gui on a plug-in
        rom, accelerator cards motorola 68020, 4 mb ram, floppy
        disks and hard disks.
     
        in 1996 there is still some interest in the ql, spread by the
        internet of course.  emulation software, source code, "the
        ql hackers journal" and similar are still available, and many
        qls are on the net.
     
        http://www.imaginet.fr/~godefroy/english.
     
        1996-08-01
     
     
see also:
clive sinclair motorola 68008 personal computer qdos operating system multitasking 
basic application program psion microdrive pixels 
font gui rom motorola 68020 floppy disks 
hard disks emulation source code lt;http://www.imaginet.fr/~godefroy/englishgt; 

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