Technology | Nostalgia | 1980s

Remembering the Sinclair QL

Sinclair’s Quantum Leap, with its 68008 processor and tape-based Microdrives, suffered from cost-cutting

Alan AJ
5 min readApr 24, 2024

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This is an updated version of an article I wrote a few years ago for some of my now-defunct blogs.

The Sinclair QL computer.
Sinclair QL (Photo by Telecarlos, licensed under CC BY 3.0)

Leaping Ahead

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Alan AJ

Random life stories, opinions, and a dry sense of humour. A 55-year-old former electronics engineer and programmer in England. Previously 'Autistic Widower'.