Revisiting the Sinclair QL: Its Legacy in Modern Computing
The Sinclair QL was an ambitious 1984 microcomputer that shipped advanced features - a 68008 CPU, ROM-based SuperBASIC, and a multitasking OS - at a time when most home machines were single-tasking. This article revisits the QL’s architecture and software, explores how its ideas anticipated later developments in multitasking operating systems and programming environments, and traces the lines of influence to contemporary computing.