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Operating system for the Sinclair QL microcomputer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
68K/OS was a computer operating system developed by GST Computer Systems for the Sinclair QL microcomputer.
Developer | GST Computer Systems |
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OS family | Disk operating systems |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Closed source |
Initial release | 1984 |
Platforms | Sinclair QL microcomputer |
Default user interface | Command-line interface or menu |
It was commissioned by Sinclair Research in February 1983. However, after the official launch of the QL in January 1984, 68K/OS was rejected, and production QLs shipped with Sinclair's own Qdos operating system.[1]
GST later released 68K/OS as an alternative to Qdos, in the form of an EPROM expansion card,[2] and also planned to use it on single-board computers based on the QL's hardware.[1]
The operating system was developed by Chris Scheybeler,[3] Tim Ward,[2] Howard Chalkley and others.[citation needed]
The few ROM cards that were made mean that surviving examples now fetch a high price: On Feb 04, 2010 one sold for £310 on eBay.[4]
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