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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

QL Crossword · Quality Leader Software

Floppy IMG derived from archived files. Mount as FLP1 and boot using Minerva 1.98a1 ROM, 640 KiB and Toolkit II 2.32. The finished_eg example was loaded from floppy: grid, answers and clues are displayed. All four configured devices were adapted to FLP1. Creation, saving and printing were not tested. Basic functional check in sQLux, not a complete test or a test on physical QL hardware. Audio not tested. ROMs are not included.

QL Crossword · Quality Leader Software — The finished_eg example was loaded from floppy: grid, answers and clues are displayed. All four configured devices were adapted to FLP1. Creation, saving and printing were not tested.
The finished_eg example was loaded from floppy: grid, answers and clues are displayed. All four configured devices were adapted to FLP1. Creation, saving and printing were not tested. · sQLux
Source: crossword.img

crossword.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
b3042eb8ce81d0f9973bd3d7ba695b7407b5bc93ca2f74e93c4555542c60e198
File timestamp
2026-10-12 00:00:00

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

Media contents (27)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
orig_original_bootQL file3.783
original_bootQL file3.783
crossword_qlsQL file22.631
empty_eg_xwdQL file2.262
f10_dicQL file9.610
f11_dicQL file6.723
f12_dicQL file3.754
f13_dicQL file2.153
f14_dicQL file780
f15_dicQL file336
f1_dicQL file7
f2_dicQL file78
f3_dicQL file860
f4_dicQL file5.867
f5_dicQL file8.724
f6_dicQL file12.318
f7_dicQL file13.241
f8_dicQL file12.987
f9_dicQL file12.596
finished_eg_xwdQL file2.264
h_elpQL file3.129
README.txtQL file1.409
orig_xwordovr_qlsQL file18.376
xwordovr_qlsQL file18.376
orig_xword_cfgQL file24
xword_cfgQL file24
bootQL file126

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