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Outsoftware · Digital preservation · 2016–present

The collection preserves original media and their copy protection. Supplied backup copies are also used to document the software and are identified in the screenshot captions.

Digital preservation / Sinclair QL

Connect 4 · QL User

Floppy IMG derived from archived files. Mount as FLP1 and boot from floppy. Tested in sQLux with Minerva 1.98a1 ROM and 640 KiB RAM. Difficulty selection, several human moves and computer replies worked. Wins, draws and other levels were not tested. This is distinct from David Nowotnik’s Four in a Row in Quanta GG01. Basic functional check, not a complete test or a test on physical QL hardware. Audio and saving are not certified. The timestamp is that of the IMG in the Working package, not the acquisition date of original media.

Connect 4 · QL User — Difficulty selection, several human moves and computer replies worked. Wins, draws and other levels were not tested. This is distinct from David Nowotnik’s Four in a Row in Quanta GG01.
Difficulty selection, several human moves and computer replies worked. Wins, draws and other levels were not tested. This is distinct from David Nowotnik’s Four in a Row in Quanta GG01. · sQLux
Source: connect4-qluser.img

connect4-qluser.img

Derived Working IMG selected by the curator. This is not a public-domain declaration; rights remain with their respective holders.

Download Working IMG720 KB · IMG

Platform
Sinclair QL
SHA-256
4a6427867b4925aea52c75c9ddc18b8cc6d173add766c2f86bc148b423cc312e
File timestamp
2026-10-12 09:50:45 UTC

Timestamp stored in the original ZIP; timezone unspecified. It does not certify the dump acquisition date.

Media contents (2)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
CONNECT_4QL file7.016
bootQL file66

Names are preserved as recorded on the medium. “≤” indicates allocated space, not the exact file length.