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by Sparrowhawk
Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:36 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Poll: help me choose QL projects
Replies: 22
Views: 2034

Re: Poll: help me choose QL projects

Hi Daniele,

Will Q-emulator 4 support Apple M-series processors natively?
V3 under Rosetta 2 is working fine for me but I guess an ARM version would future proof it for when Apple ditch R2 like they eventually did for R1.

JY
by Sparrowhawk
Fri Aug 15, 2025 11:10 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched - and KS3 now!
Replies: 62
Views: 54427

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

Over the £2m mark and they've said they'll honour all the stretch goals now, even the ones at 2.5 and 3.0. Just over 2 days before it ends.

Anyway, they've hinted that this is the last production run, so if you want one...
by Sparrowhawk
Sat Aug 09, 2025 4:06 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: New Spectrum + QL
Replies: 11
Views: 4408

Re: New Spectrum + QL


the Next's Symbol-Shift key and the numeric keys to more readily generate the FN keys - which I'll test this weekend.


Would you mind reporting back here with how that is done once you have it working? I presume it's via an ini file of some sort? If so, could you show the syntax needed please ...
by Sparrowhawk
Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:14 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched - and KS3 now!
Replies: 62
Views: 54427

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

Went live this AM. Almost at £1m as I type this!

Update: forgot the URL. Here it is:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sp ... -issue-3-0
by Sparrowhawk
Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:56 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 5773

Re: QL Planeframe

Here are the pics:
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by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 24, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 5773

Re: QL Planeframe

I knew that! (I didn't, really) :D
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 5773

Re: QL Planeframe

Interesting - have you managed to get it running? If so, any chance of a screenshot or two? Bristol has had a large aerospace industry since the 1960s (maybe earlier?) so I wonder whether it was used in that context.
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched - and KS3 now!
Replies: 62
Views: 54427

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

KS3 is coming in June, for anyone who missed out on KS2:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sp ... ts/4400514

Also there are details about a new fully licensed C64 core and a mention that an update to the QL core is imminent.
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:53 am
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st
Replies: 11
Views: 7066

Re: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st

It was a fun event - I went with my youngest daughter who has just finished her Computer Science degree at Southampton Uni. I wanted to see her reaction to the old tech. Amusingly, she was most taken by Adventure on a VAX (I think it was a VAX?). She also played PacMan for the first time in her life ...
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition. [CLAIMED]
Replies: 4
Views: 4548

Re: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition.

Yeah, I did wonder if anyone would want it for that. Also PCs of that era are very popular with the retro gaming crowd and fetch silly prices on eBay (when in good condition). I thought maybe somebody would want it who could do the required clean up/repairs and get Win9x on it for gaming - which ...