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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

Ploy

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. A piece was rotated and the turn passed to the other player. Movement, captures and a full game were not tested. 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.

Ploy — A piece was rotated and the turn passed to the other player. Movement, captures and a full game were not tested.
A piece was rotated and the turn passed to the other player. Movement, captures and a full game were not tested. · sQLux
Source: ploy.img

ploy.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
1e965b340c5520daba6c8c31f4b50a95f8edfcc0c6a8090a02bbd4ed82bdeb72
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
ploy4QL file4.339
bootQL file62

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