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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 Graphic Writer 4.1

Floppy IMG derived from archived files. Mount as FLP1 and boot using Minerva 1.98a1 ROM, 640 KiB and Toolkit II 2.32. A line was drawn, saved as DRG1_PRG and reopened in a second session. MDV2 references were adapted to FLP1; the original source is retained. Printing was 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 Graphic Writer 4.1 — A line was drawn, saved as DRG1_PRG and reopened in a second session. MDV2 references were adapted to FLP1; the original source is retained. Printing was not tested.
A line was drawn, saved as DRG1_PRG and reopened in a second session. MDV2 references were adapted to FLP1; the original source is retained. Printing was not tested. · sQLux
Source: graphic-writer.img

graphic-writer.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
52c42afc45510fa99509439fb604a6f93bf31265c80f126308d6332e8a182fcf
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 (8)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
orig_original_bootQL file248
original_bootQL file248
orig_GRAPHIC_WRITER_BASQL file16.058
GRAPHIC_WRITER_BASQL file16.058
GW_LISTINGQL file16.266
INSTR_DOCQL file4.096
MESSAGE_BASQL file177
bootQL file131

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