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 ====== Sinclair Research Ltd ======
Sinclair Research Limited was a company set up by Sir Clive Sinclair to create and promote his computer products.


Their computer products heralded the start of the home computer revolution, making them into a household name during the 1980s and included:



  * Sinclair ZX80
  * Sinclair ZX81
  * Sinclair ZX Spectrum
  * Sinclair ZX Spectrum +
  * Sinclair ZX Spectrum +128
  * Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2
  * Sinclair QL


As well as producing and selling the Quantum Leap (known as the Sinclair QL), Sinclair Research added a software range, using their silver label branding - the titles released for the Sinclair QL were:



  * [[qlwiki:Archive]] - the Psion database program provided with the Sinclair QL.
  * [[qlwiki:Abacus]] - the Psion spreadsheet program provided with the Sinclair QL.
  * [[qlwiki:Easel]] - the Psion business graphics program provided with the Sinclair QL.
  * [[qlwiki:Psion Chess]] - a classic game with a 3D view of the board
  * [[qlwiki:QL Assembler]] - 68000 machine code assembler
  * [[qlwiki:QL Bounder]] - An arcade game
  * [[qlwiki:QL Cavern]] - Platform arcade game featuring BJ
  * [[qlwiki:QL Cash Trader]] - Accounting package
  * QL Classic Adventures - a package consisting of [[qlwiki:The Adventure]] and [[qlwiki:Mordons Quest]]
  * [[qlwiki:QL Decision Maker]] - a powerful tool for resolving complex decision-making problems
  * [[qlwiki:QL Entrepreneur]] - sold as a complete business start-up kit
  * [[qlwiki:QL Project Planner]] - teaches and applies the principles of critical path analysis.
  * [[qlwiki:QL Fictionary]] - word game
  * QL Games Cartridge - a collection of free games [[qlwiki:Breakout]], [[qlwiki:Gun]], [[qlwiki:Hunt]], [[qlwiki:Pirate]] and [[qlwiki:Zfred]]
  * [[qlwiki:QL Gardener]] - a program to provide advice on plants
  * [[qlwiki:QL Home Finance]] - a bank account manager
  * [[qlwiki:QL Integrated Accounts]] - an accounting package
  * [[qlwiki:QL Jabber]] - an arcade game
  * [[qlwiki:QL Macro Assembler]] - 68000 machine code assembler
  * [[qlwiki:QL Meteor Storm]] - classic arcade game
  * [[qlwiki:QL MONITOR]] - 68000 machine code monitor
  * [[qlwiki:QL Toolkit]] - a suite of additions to SuperBASIC by [[qlwiki:Tony Tebby]]
  * [[qlwiki:QL Paint]] - a drawing package
  * [[qlwiki:QL Pawn]] - classic text based adventure game
  * [[qlwiki:QL Reversi]] - classic board game
  * [[qlwiki:QL Quboids]] - arcade game
  * [[qlwiki:QL Touch n Go]] - a typing tutor
  * [[qlwiki:Quill]] - the Psion word processing program provided with the Sinclair QL.
  * [[qlwiki:Software Production Kit]]


Sinclair also had a couple more arcade games which were never released:


  * [[qlwiki:Bandersnatch]]
  * [[qlwiki:Orbit]]


Sinclair also licensed various hardware add-ons which were then sold Sinclair badged


  * [[qlwiki:Micro Peripherals Floppy Disk Interface]]
  * [[qlwiki:Quest Winchester Hard disk system]]
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair Printer]]
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair QL 128K RAM]] (only released to developers)
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair QL 128Kbyte ROM]] (never released)
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair QL Expansion Development Kit]] (never released)
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair Vision QL]]
  * [[qlwiki:Sinclair Wafer RAM Expansion]] (never released)


They also published QL specific books


  * [[qlwiki:QL User Guide]] - the standard manual issued with the Sinclair QL
  * [[qlwiki:QL Technical Guide]] - technical guide to programming machine code which interfaces to QDOS, the Sinclair QL's operating system
  * [[qlwiki:QL Service Manual]] - repair manual for the QL.


Sinclair also issued the following tools to help retailers:


  * [[qlwiki:Demonstration ROM]]
  * [[qlwiki:QL Sales Guide]]