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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
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Subject: Re: Sinclair QL info wanted
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 23:32:39 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 23:32:39 1986
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Summary: Sinclair QL OS-9


     I'm not sure what's going on with the QL regarding OS-9.  I heard
there was a port, but having sent messages to people to check it out,
I have yet to get a reply from anyone I know.

     As for the MicroDrives, I suggest you forget about them.  All
reports I have about them are negative.  One user said that to use them
reliably they had to be formatted over 100 times in succession.  Formatting
takes time even to do it once.  There are disk controllers available
though, so all isn't lost.  The machine is, however, slow generally.
The screen is drawn completely by the CPU and this eats up so much time
that the QL is generally slower than an Apple II for most functions.
Having said all this, if the price drops much farther, I may just buy
one myself.  I don't see it as a *practical* computer, but it's
facinating!

                                           Cheers! -- Jim O.

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James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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