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| ====QL-PD/CD-R ==== | ====QL-PD/CD-R ==== |
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| [[qlwiki:Gerhard Plavec]]'s 1998 collection of free QL software, including many of the software libraries of various European QL user groups (Germany’s [[qlwiki:QUASAR]], France, Sweden, Austria and [[qlwiki:QUANTA]]), Public Domain sources ([[qlwiki:QUBBESoft]], AmigaCD, MAUS-PD, MAUS-Ring, Internet and many others) and former QL businesses like [[qlwiki:COWO Electronic]], [[qlwiki:THORNADOSYSTEMS]], [[qlwiki:CST]], [[qlwiki:Dansoft]] and [[qlwiki:Thor International]]. Even some parts of this collection are outdated (all programs which got updated since 1998), the collection remains the single source for many other QL software packages (e.g. former QL businesses). The QL-PD/CD-R software collection is still available, either on physical media or - more convenient - as download on [[qlwiki:Urs Koenig]]'s [[http://www.qlvsjaguar.homepage.bluewin.ch/QL.html#DOWNLOADS|QLvsJAGUAR]] website. A 608MB sized QXL.WIN (virtual QL WINchester hard drive) with 30'849 files for QLers to explore. | [[qlwiki:Gerhard Plavec]]'s 1998 collection of free QL software, including many of the software libraries of various European QL user groups (Germany’s [[qlwiki:QUASAR]], France, Sweden, Austria and [[qlwiki:QUANTA]]), Public Domain sources ([[qlwiki:QUBBESoft]], AmigaCD, MAUS-PD, MAUS-Ring, Internet and many others) and former QL businesses like [[qlwiki:COWO Electronic]], [[qlwiki:THORNADOSYSTEMS]], [[qlwiki:CST]], [[qlwiki:Dansoft]] and [[qlwiki:Thor International]]. Even some parts of this collection are outdated (all programs which got updated since 1998), the collection remains the single source for many other QL software packages (e.g. former QL businesses). The QL-PD/CD-R software collection is still available, either on physical media or - more convenient - as download on [[qlwiki:Urs Koenig]]'s [[http://www.qlvsjaguar.homepage.bluewin.ch/QL.html#DOWNLOADS|QLvsJAGUAR]] website. A 608MB sized QXL.WIN (virtual QL WINchester hard drive) with 30'849 files for QLers to explore. |
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| This was a CD-ROM containing INFOCOM adventure games. These games originated on the IBM PC, and thanks to a port of the popular INFOCOM ZIP interpreter, they are now playable on the QL. The entire collection of games was included in a QXL.WIN file on the CD, which was available from Q-Celt Computing in Ireland. | This was a CD-ROM containing INFOCOM adventure games. These games originated on the IBM PC, and thanks to a port of the popular INFOCOM ZIP interpreter, they are now playable on the QL. The entire collection of games was included in a QXL.WIN file on the CD, which was available from Q-Celt Computing in Ireland. |
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| For those who now wish to try these games, the QL port of the INFOCOM ZIP interpreter, together with a selection of the games can be downloaded from the [[http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/index.html|Sinclair QL Homepage]]. There is a much wider range of games which can be downloaded from [[https://www.ifarchive.org/|The Interactive Fiction Archive]] | For those who now wish to try these games, the QL port of the INFOCOM ZIP interpreter, together with a selection of the games can be downloaded from the [[http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/games/adventures/index.html|Sinclair QL Homepage]]. There is a much wider range of games which can be downloaded from [[https://www.ifarchive.org/|The Interactive Fiction Archive]] |
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| Further information about CD-ROMs and the QL in general is available on [[http://www.dilwyn.me.uk|the Dilwyn Jones website]]. | Further information about CD-ROMs and the QL in general is available on [[http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk|the Dilwyn Jones website]]. |
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