New-Sinclair QL £399

There’s no cornparison chart,because there’s no cornparison!

Under £2700, nobody. Even the newgeneration of business computers,such as the IBM PC, are only nowbe2jnningto use 16-bit processors.

At prices like this, the Motorola6B000family—widely regarded asthe most powerful microprocessorsavailable — will remain a luxury.

Yet with the Sindair QL the32-bet Motorola 68008 is availablefor less than £400.

You can also be sure that theQLwill not become outdated. 32-bitarchitecture is future-proof.

32-bit processor architecture, 128KRAM and QDOS combine to givethe 01 the performance of a minicomputer for the price of a micro.

No competition! QDOS sets a newstandard in operating systems for the68000 family of processors, and maywell become the industry standard.

QDOS is a single-user, multitasking, time-diced system usingSinclair’s new SuperBASlC as acommand language.

One of its most significantfeatures is its very powerful multitasking capability — the ability to runseveral programs individually andsimultaneously. It can also display theresults simultaneously in differentportions of the screen. These’ arefeatures not normally available oncomputers costing less than £7,000.

New professional

The QL keyboard is designed for fastinput of data and programs.

It is a full-size QWERT’(keyboard, with 65 keys, including aspace ban left-and *t-hand shiftkeys; five function keys; and fourseparate cursor-control keys —keyaction is positive and precise

A membrane beneath thekeyboard protects the machine fromdust (and coffeeb, and for users whofind an angled keyboard morecomfortable, the computer can beraised slightly at the back by smalldetachable feet

The Microdrives for the Sinclair QLare identical in principle to thepopular and proven DC Micwdnves,but give increased capacity (at least100K bytes each) and a faster data-transfer rate. Typical access speed is3.5 seconds, and loading is at up to15K bytes per second The Sinclair QLhas two built-in Microdrives. Ifrequired, a further six units can be

• connected.• Four blank cartridges are

supplied with the machine,

Certain to set a new standard ofexcellence, QL Quill uses the power ofthe QL to show on the screen exactlywhat you key in, and to print outexactly what you see on the screen.

Abeginnercan beusingQLQuill for word-processing withinminutes.

QL Quill brin you all thefacilities of a very advanced word-processing package.

Spreadsheet

QL Abacus makes simultaneouscalculatiornand ‘what II’ modelconstmction easier than they’ve everbeen. Sample applications areprovided, including budget-planningarid cash-flow analysis. QL Abacusailows you to refer to row columnsand cellsby rwnes, not just lettersand numbeiFunction keys can beassigned to change a variable andcarry out a complete ‘what ii’calculationwith a single key-stroke.

QL Easel is a high-resolution colourprogram so easy to use you probablywon’t refer to the manual! It handlesanything from lines shaded curves orhistograms to overlapping or stackedbars or pie charts. QL Easel does notrequire you to format your displaybefore entering data; it handles designand scaling automatically or underyour control. Text can be added andaltered as simply as data

Database management

QL Archive is a very powerful filingsystem which sets newstandards, usinga Language even simpler than BASIC.It combines ease of use for simpleapplications — such as card indices —

with huge power as a multi-file dataprocessor.

An easy-to-use labelling facilitymeans that you don’t have to ask foryour file by its Ml name - a few lettersare enough.

New - the Sinclair QLUBThe QLUB is the QL Users Bureau.Membership is open to all QL owners.For an annual subscription of £35,QLUB members receive one freeupdate to each of the four programssupplied with the QL and sixbi-monthly newsletters Sinclair hasalso made exclusive arrangementsfor QLUB members to obtain software assistance on QL Quill, Abacus,Archive or Easel by writing to Psion.

The Sinclair QL challengeIf you’re seriously considering anyother computer, post the coupon forablow-by-blow comparison. We’ll takea publishedcomparison chart for themachine you’re considering (not onewe’ve created ourselves) and give youthe Sinclair QI figures, detail by detail.

Take action today!Ta order by mail— complete the coupon arid sendit to the FREEPOST address below.For credit card holders it may bepossible to extend your credit limitFull details will be sent when weacknowledge your order.

To order by telephone— phone Camberley (0276) 685311;— have your credit card (Access,Barclaycard, Trustcard) number ready.It may be possible to extend yourexisting credit limit Please ask ourtelephone staff for more details.Please do not use this number forother enquiries.

For more informationPhone Camberley (0276) 686100, oruse the coupon to geta QL brochure,

Please allow 28daysfrom receipt oforder. Remember that Sindair offers a14-day money-back undertaking.

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Exclusive: new 0005operating system

TheSinclairQL isa newcomputetNot just a new Sindair computer,

but a totally new sort of computer -

nothing like it exists anywhereIts not just a bit better than this,

or a bit cheaper than that — it’s acomputer that’s vey hard to comparewith anything. Just check the featuresbelow — and if you don’t agree, takeup the challenge at the end of theadvertisement

If you do agree, there’s onlyone course of action you can take...get yourself a Sindair 01 at theearliest possible moment

The Sinclair QL has128K RAM. Big deal?

Mvanced new friendlylanguage - SinclairSuperBASICThe new Sinclair SuperBASlCcombines the familiarity of BASIC witha number of major developmentswhich allow the QL’s full power to beexploited.

Included - superb professional softwareThe suite of four programs is written by Psion speciaily for the 01 andincorporates many major developments All progrant use full colour, anddata is transportable from one to another. (For example, figures can betransferred from spreadsheet to graphics for an instant visual presentation.)

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Unlike conventional BASIC, itsprocedure facility allows code to bewritten in dearly-defined blocks; extendability allows new procedures tobe added which will work in exactlythe same way as the command procedures built into the ROM; and itsconstant execution speed means thatSuperBASlC does not get slower asprograms get larger.

Business graphics

Several micros offer 128K RAM, ormore, as standard.The ‘What Micro?’table for December1983 lists overSOofthem - but4Oofthe50microslisted cost over £2,500t

The Sinclair QL offers you 128KRPM for under £400, and an optionto expand to 640K. Thats a lot ofbytes to the poundl

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