QLAYUpdated:11/03/09
An extensive collection of QL emulators running on various platforms including Amiga, Atari, DOS, Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows. Where the emulator is still well supported, perhaps updated quite often, I've linked to the relevant website rather than include the package for download here, to help make sure you get the latest version. In any case, I've tried to provide web page addresses for information and general support even where I've placed the archive on this page.
QLAYQLay is a set of QDOS QL emulators for DOS, Windows and Linux by Jan Venema of The Netherlands. This is a freely distributable emulator with no restrictions. You can download the most recent versions from Jan's Web site: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/A.Jaw.Venema
QLATter (39K) - Al Feng's utility for QLay users. Provides a simple to use file handling front end.
QLAY2 is a
development of QLay to run on Windows 2000/Windows XP systems (also
seems to work on Windows 98 SE). The update is by Jimmy Montesinos. The
support website for QLAY2 is at http://www.jadiam.org/QL/QLay2/
QL2K
is a further development of QLay, also for Windows 2000/XP systems, by
Jimmy Montesinos. The support and download site for QL2K is at http://www.jadiam.org/QL/.
QL2K is registerware - it is free to download and use, but you need to
register the emulator (free of charge) with the author.
QPC1 is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E running in
DOS. This version has a few limitations as described in the
documentation files in its folder. Support etc from Marcel Kilgus and
Jochen Merz Software, both of whose internet addresses are listed under
QPC2 below. QPC2 is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E running on Windows
95/98/NT machines. This is a demo version of a commercial product
written by Marcel Kilgus, available from Jochen Merz Software in
Germany. It needs a minimum of a 486 processor. There are some
restrictions on this version - see the documentation (mostly that you
cannot save files to floppy or hard disk).
QPC2v3 is a demo version of the 'colour drivers'
version of QPC2, supporting 16-bit colour on suitably-equipped PC
systems. The proper name for the so-called colour-drivers is Graphics
Driver 2 or GD2 for short. There are some restrictions in this demo
version, most notably that you cannot save files to floppy or hard
disk. The full version of QPC2 has QXL.WIN file systems as well as a
DOS device driver (read/write PC format floppy disks, hard drives etc)
as well as a TCP/IP access system for web access and email using
programs like Lynx, QPOP3 etc from Jonathan Hudson.
QPC2 is a very fast emulator, which uses SBASIC which is SuperBASIC
compatible (only much faster!) and can be set to use very large RAM
memory.
Support, availability+price details and
downloads available from the following Web sites:
AUTHOR: http://www.kilgus.net
PUBLISHER: http://smsq.j-m-s.com
QemuLator Lite for Apple
Macintosh is written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware. There are
versions for 68K Macs and for PowerMacs. Further details from the
author's Web site at: http://www.terdina.net/ql/MacQL.html
QemuLator
for Windows is also written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware
(registration of 40 dollars at the time of writing). Further details
from the author's Web site at:www.terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.net.
This emulator can emulate a standard QL, a Gold Card QL, or even a fast
QL system with up to 16MB of RAM! It can run some versions of SMSQ/E or
use QDOS ROM images (including Minerva), can access QXL.WIN or native
file systems and has a built in TCP/IP system, so that you can use
email and web browser programs such as those from Jonathan Hudson.
The latest versions of QemuLator can also emulate Aurora 256 colour
with Aurora/Gold Card version of SMSQ/E and Q60 16-bit colour displays
if you write direct access code.
QDOS4Amiga is a QDOS emulator for the Commodore
Amiga, by Rainer Kowallik and Mark Swift. It is freeware. Up to date
copies may be obtained from most Ami-Net sites. See the README1.TXT file first
The emulator may be downloaded as three LHA-archived files from this
page:
qdos4amiga1.lha - Disk
1, the emulator itself (186K)
qdos4amiga2.lha - Disk
2, the complete assembler sources (244K)
qdos4amiga3.lha - Disk
3, the QDOS support utilities disk (315K)
QDOS Classic
for Amiga is a QL emulator for the Commodore Amiga by Mark Swift. QDOS
Classic for Amiga is closely related to QDOS Classic for Q40 by the
same author. Freeware. Support and download from http://www.mswift.unisonplus.net/ql/index.html
QLem is an emulator for
certain Atari ST machines, by Johan Klockars. Freeware. Details
from the Ancient File Library at http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/emulators/Sinclair/QL/.
May be downloaded here as ZIP or LHA files:
qlem.zip - download QLem as
zipped file (67K)
qlem.lzh - download QLem as
LHA file (66K)
QL2ST v3.0 is an
associated QL disk transfer utility for use with QLem. QL2ST has two
functions - initialise disks in the Sinclair QL format and convert
files from a QL format disk to a TOS file system.
ql2st.zip - download QL2ST
as zipped file (14K)
ql2st.lzh - download QL2ST
as LHA file (14K)
TOSforQL is an emulator
that allows certain programs written to run under TOS on the Atari ST
to be run under QDOS. The emulator works by intercepting calls to the
TOS operating system and mapping them onto the equivalent QDOS
operating system calls.
tosforql.zip - download
TOSforQL as zipped file (68K)
tosforql.lzh - download
TOSforQL as LHA file (67K)
uQLx is a
derivative of the emulation engine used in QemuLator. uQLx is produced
by Richard Zidlicky to run on Linux/Unix platforms. Further details and
download from http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2602/
win-uQLx is
a port of uQLx to Windows systems by Peter Graf and Phoebus R. Dokos.
Download it here.
uQLx for Mac
OS X is a port by James Weatherley of uQLx to run on the Apple Mac OS X
operating system.Download it here.
QDOS
Classic for Q40/Q60 may be downloaded from my Q40 page, or from the
official Q40 website at www.q40.de.
QDOS classic, as the name implies, is an implementation of the
traditional QL QDOS operating system rather than the SMSQ/E operating
system. There's also a version of Linux for Q40 and Q60 - click on the
link above to Claus Graf's Q40 website for further details.