List of Sinclair QL clones

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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's Sinclair QL microcomputer:[1]

* Sandy QLT / Futura (only produced in prototype form)[2][3]
* CST Thor series (Thor 1 / Thor 20 / Thor XVI)[2][3]
* Qubbesoft Aurora (a replacement QL motherboard)[1]
* Peter Graf's Qx0 series of motherboards: Q40, Q40i and Q60[4]
* Peter Graf's Q68 (a stand-alone FPGA-based SMSQ/E-machine) and QIMSI Gold (an FPGA-based expansion for the original QL's ROM port that basically is a Q68)
* The ZX Spectrum Next FPGA-based computer [5]

The following hardware devices provided QL compatibility for other computer platforms:

* Futura Datasenter QL Emulator for the Atari ST[6][7]
* Jochen Merz's QVME card for the Atari MEGA STE and Atari TT[8]
* Miracle Systems QXL and QXL II cards for PC compatibles[9]

The ICL One Per Desk (also sold as the BT Merlin Tonto or the Telecom Australia Computerphone) shared some hardware components with the QL but was not intended to be software-compatible.

In addition, several software emulators of the QL exist including QPC, uQLX, QLay and Q-emuLator.[10]

Not exactly software emulators, but rather QDOS-like OS replacements for other 68k-based machines are

* SMSQ/E for the Atari ST
* QDOS Clasic for the Amiga

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klein, Robert. "QL history FAQ part one: Hardware". www.staff.uni-mainz.de. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060504000555/http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/roklein/ql/Hardware. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 HELLER, LEON (September 18, 1986). "Supplement: Alive and leaping". Popular Computing Weekly: pp. iv-v. https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-09-18/page/n25/mode/2up.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Goodwin, Simon (January 1988). "Tech Niche - AMSTROLOGY The future of the Spectrum - can a superclone challenge Amstrad?". Crash (48): pp. 143. https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-48.
4. ↑ "Infos about the Q60 - A Sinclair QL successor". 2006. http://www.q40.de/.
5. ↑ "SYSTEM/NEXT 24.11". 2024-11-29. https://www.specnext.com/latestdistro/.
6. ↑ "Sinclair QL Home Computer Emulators for Other Computers". https://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/emulators.html.
7. ↑ "JMS Homepage for SMSQ/E (QL-compatible operating system and more)". March 27, 2006. http://smsq.j-m-s.com/index.htm.
8. ↑ Merz, Jochen (May 1996). "My BOOT". QL Today: pp. 7. https://sinclairql.net/qlt/QLToday_V01-I1_en.pdf.
9. ↑ Jäger, Peta. "QL-HARDWARE und PRODUKTINFORMATIONEN". http://sinclairql.emuunlim.com/hardware.html.
10. ↑ Jones, Dilwyn. "Sinclair QL Software - Emulators". Dilwyn Jones Sinclair QL Pages. https://dilwyn.theqlforum.com/emu/index.html. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

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Sinclair computers, derivatives, and clones

Sinclair Research / Science of Cambridge|

* MK14
* ZX80
* ZX81
* ZX Spectrum (ZX Spectrum+, ZX Spectrum 128)
* QL

Clones|

* ZX80/81 clones
* ZX Spectrum clones
* QL clones

Timex Corporation|

* TS 1000
* TS 1500
* TS 2068
* TC 2048
* TC 2068
* Komputer 2086

Amstrad|

* ZX Spectrum +2
* ZX Spectrum +3

Cambridge Computer|

* Z88

Compatible or related systems|

* ATM
* MicroAce
* Jupiter Ace
* SAM Coupé
* Didaktik
* Dubna 48K
* Hobbit
* Pentagon
* Scorpion
* Sprinter
* One Per Desk
* CST Thor
* Q40/Q60
* TK82C
* TK85
* TK90X
* TK95

Sinclair Research peripherals|

* ZX Printer
* ZX Interface 1
* ZX Interface 2
* ZX Microdrive

Timex peripherals|

* TS2040 Printer
* Neptun 156 Monitor
* TS2050 Modem
* FDD Disk Drive
* FDD3000 Disk Drive

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