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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

Talent RAM Disk and Spooler

Floppy IMG derived from archived files. Mount as FLP1 and boot from floppy. Tested in sQLux with Minerva 1.98a1 ROM and 2048 KiB RAM. A 15,832-byte document was copied from floppy to RAM1 and back, with an identical SHA256 after reading it back. The spooler and a physical printer 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.

Talent RAM Disk and Spooler — A 15,832-byte document was copied from floppy to RAM1 and back, with an identical SHA256 after reading it back. The spooler and a physical printer were not tested.
A 15,832-byte document was copied from floppy to RAM1 and back, with an identical SHA256 after reading it back. The spooler and a physical printer were not tested. · sQLux
Source: talent-ram-disk.img

talent-ram-disk.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
a7c5422036df374eca275cc44c9f31166b2ae7fce86666d784cc2d464de87fdf
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 (8)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
BOMBERQL executable52.828
original_bootQL file307
floppy_bootQL file307
Notes.txtQL file573
RAMQL executable6.344
ram_docQL file15.832
RAM_EXECQL executable6.444
bootQL file120

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