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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

dB Misc — file utilities, David Burns

One collection for FCOPY, TCOPY, SFCOPY and MORE. Three 16,656-byte copies matched exactly: FCOPY/TCOPY preserved type 1 and 8192-byte dataspace; SFCOPY correctly produced type 0/data space 0. MORE advanced from lines 1–19 to 21–39 after SPACE and ENTER in a 50-line fixture. Original executables unchanged; originals and documentation preserved. Documented functional check, not full validation. ROMs not included.

dB Misc — file utilities, David Burns — One collection for FCOPY, TCOPY, SFCOPY and MORE. Three 16,656-byte copies matched exactly: FCOPY/TCOPY preserved type 1 and 8192-byte dataspace; SFCOPY correctly produced type 0/data space 0. MORE advanced from lines 1–19 to 21–39 after SPACE and ENTER in a 50-line fixture. Original executables unchanged; originals and documentation preserved. Documented functional check, not full validation. ROMs not included.
One collection for FCOPY, TCOPY, SFCOPY and MORE. Three 16,656-byte copies matched exactly: FCOPY/TCOPY preserved type 1 and 8192-byte dataspace; SFCOPY correctly produced type 0/data space 0. MORE advanced from lines 1–19 to 21–39 after SPACE and ENTER in a 50-line fixture. Original executables unchanged; originals and documentation preserved. Documented functional check, not full validation. ROMs not included. · sQLux
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Platform
Sinclair QL
SHA-256
f24797c3bbbffac29d47785fdcb6f36ebae5453259b352f9319b7b3245b5731d
File timestamp

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

Media contents (11)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
bootQL file68
original_exeExecutable374
fcopy_binExecutable374
more_binExecutable622
sfcopy_binExecutable326
tcopy_binExecutable318
copy_docQL file1.918
fcopy_asmQL file3.329
sfcopy_asmQL file2.932
tcopy_asmQL file2.811
readme_txtQL file192

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