14 Sep
2007
14 Sep
'07
6:09 a.m.
On 14/09/2007, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
What happened with the QL machines (and, by extension,
the ICL OPD)? Did they
also feature the same network ability? I just wonder if it was a little more
widespread there if so, even if it wasn't popular with the Z80-based machines.
I don't know about the 3rd party official QL compatibles - the Merlin
Tonto, ICL OnePerDesk and so on. The Sinclair version offered it.
AFAIK most of the later 3rd party clones - Thor, Aurora and so on -
dropped the networking.
The few people I knew who had QLs were, ah, independent minded sorts
who I suspect saw little point in /any/ kind of networking. Generally
their sleek back "32-bit" multitasking machine was their sole computer
and they looked down on pretty much everyone else, from Spectrum users
to SUN or VAX ones. :?)
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