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Q-emuLator for Windows 9x/NT - Version 1.1 - November 29th, 1998
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A brief README file
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What is it?
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Q-emuLator is an emulator of the Sinclair QL, a home computer built
in the United Kingdom starting from 1984.

Q-emuLator runs in a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT environment.
Another version for the Mac OS is also available.

The author of Q-emuLator is Daniele Terdina. He can be contacted by
e-mail at danielet@geocities.com.

Unregistered copies of Q-emuLator have limited capabilities. You can
choose between 'Demo' mode and 'Limited' mode.
In 'Demo' mode the emulator runs at full speed, but you cannot write
to files and can only load the included demonstrative QL program.
In 'Limited' mode you can freely access files, but speed is limited
to 25% of the original QL's speed and there's no sound.
Unregistered copies of Q-emuLator don't offer many features present in
the registered version, like access to serial ports, parallel ports
and built-in ram disk driver.
You can ask for a free temporary registration code, that will unlock
all the Q-emuLator's features for about two weeks. Email your request
to danielet@geocities.com, including your full name.



Where do I find up-to-date information about Q-emuLator?
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Just point your web browser to the following address:

   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1296/q-emulator.html



How do I register?
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Q-emuLator is a shareware program: if you continue to use it after a
trial period of two weeks, you should pay the registration fee.
To register, run the 'Register' application in the 'register'
directory. You can choose between many methods of payment, like
cheque, credit card and cash. Payments are sent to the Kagi payment
processing service. Kagi collects the fees and sends them to the
author. After a few days from when you register, you receive by e-mail
a unique serial number that allows you to unlock all the Q-emuLator's
features.
You can choose between paying only for the current version of
Q-emuLator ($40), or for an unlimited registration ($60), that allows
you to unlock the full potential of all the versions of Q-emuLator
ever to be made. Even if you register only for the current version
(version 1), you can still receive for free any bug fixes and minor
upgrades for version 1. Future new major versions of Q-emuLator are
expected to be quite faster and offer some new features.



How do I start using Q-emuLator?
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You can launch the emulator by running it and clicking on the QL
picture in the main window. A QL demo program is also included in the
Q-emuLator package. To run it, click on the left microdrive slot in
the lower part of the Q-emuLator's window, then choose the QL Demo
directory (it's inside the QL Software directory) and finally start
the emulation by clicking on the QL picture.
The manual (should come with this readme file, in HTML format)
explains how to obtain other QL ROM images (that included in the
Q-emuLator package is a Minerva 1.89 QDOS compatible ROM), how to
install them and details Q-emuLator's features and interface.
