QLAYUpdated:05/05/08
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.ord/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://users.infoconex.com/daniele/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 and Q60 16-bit colour displays if you have the right version of
SMSQ/E.
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:
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/info/www/dirs/aminet/misc/emu/QDOS4amiga1.readmeThe
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 Johan's site at http://rand.thn.htu.se/
or 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.
Further details and updates from
http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlx.html
uQLx
for Mac OS X is a port by James Weatherley of uQLx to run on the Apple Mac
OS X operating system. Further details and download from
http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlxmac.html
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.