QL/E version history
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Version, Date, Maintainer, Name of Environment followed by a short Description
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V0.00 03.12.2000 UK QME  (QL Millennium Edition) initiative outlined, never materialised. The only remnants are patched files QED and QED_HLP.
V0.01 12.12.2001 UK QL/E (QL Environment) initiative outlined, work started. First ALPHA release.
V0.02 12.01.2002 UK QL/E (QL Environment) announced on the internet at QL is 18 anniversary date.
V1.00 30.05.2002 UK QL/E RTM (using BOOT_default v4.00).
V1.01 06.06.2002 UK QL/E GA (post 2002 US QL show).
V2.00 12.02.2004 UK vQLE (virtual QL Environment) initiative outlined.
V2.01 08.10.2006 UK vQLE BETA release (post 2006 North American QL show).
V2.02 12.05.2010 UK vQLE BETA R2.
V3.00 11.09.2013 UK QL/E ALPHA "QL is 30 2014 - The Distribution" initiative outlined.
V3.01 07.01.2014 UK QL/E BETA.
V3.02 07.02.2014 UK QL/E BETA2.
V3.03 12.02.2014 UK QL/E BETA3.
V3.04 04.04.2014 UK QL/E CTP.
V3.05 30.04.2014 UK QL/E RC1.
V3.06 07.10.2014 UK QL/E RC2 (QL is 30 Edinburgh workshop 2014 edition).
V3.07 31.10.2014 UK QL/E RTM wip.
V3.08 18.12.2014 UK QL/E RTM work restarted.
V3.09 29.12.2014 UK QL/E RTM (QL is 30 Christmas holiday 2014 edition).
V3.10 11.04.2015 UK QL/E GA (Codename "Heaven", Easter holidays 2015 edition).
V3.11 31.10.2015 UK QL/E SP1 (Codename "Crow", Halloween 2015 edition).
V3.12 16.11.2015 UK QL/E Unreleased. Started to re-add support for QDOS/Minerva.
V3.13 12.04.2016 UK QL/E SP2 (Codename "Freeze", Mahlerts 2016 edition). Full support added for QDOS/Minerva platforms such as the original Sinclair QL with QL-SD, Q-emuLator and uQLx (Raspberry Pi).
V3.14 31.07.2016 UK QL/E SP3 (Codename "Fix-it", 1607 edition).
V3.15 04.11.2016 UK QL/E SP4 (Codename "Grey heron", 1611 edition).
V3.16 28.02.2017 UK QL/E SP5 (Codename "Snow white swan", 1702 edition).
V3.17 30.10.2017 UK QL/E SP6 (Codename "Liberated", 1710 edition), completed in Cambridge.
V3.18 11.08.2018 UK QL/E SP7 (Codename "Eternity", 1808 edition), in memoriam of Sjef, Lee, Stuart and Rick.
V3.19 27.04.2019 UK QL/E SP8 (Codename "On the move", 1904 edition).
V3.20 31.12.2020 UK QL/E SP9 (Codename "Take a breath", 2020 edition).
V3.21 31.12.2021 UK QL/E SP10 (Codename "Circle of Life", 2021 edition).
V3.22 30.12.2022 UK QL/E SP11 (Codename "Paradise", 2022 edition). Full support added for Q-emuLator with SMSQ/E.
V3.23 29.12.2023 UK QL/E SP12 (Codename "Midnight Sun", 2023 edition).

See news.txt for highlights and changelog.txt to learn what changed in detail.

Latest updates outside of QLE.win
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26.03.2014 QPC2 now v4.02 (v4.0.2.6), SMSQmulator now v1.26, SMSQ/E now v3.20.
09.04.2014 SMSQmulator now v1.27.
07.10.2014 SMSQmulator now v2.03 with SMSQ/E v3.22, SMSQ/E of QPC2 now v3.21.
08.01.2015 SMSQmulator now v2.05.
03.04.2015 SMSQmulator now v2.06.
09.05.2015 SMSQ/E v3.21 for QXL PC ISA card (QXLSMSQE.exe) added, configured and tested.
15.06.2015 SMSQmulator now v2.07.
26.10.2015 SMSQmulator now v2.12, SMSQ/E now v3.22.
26.11.2015 SMSQmulator now v2.13, SMSQ/E now v3.23 (for SMSQmulator). Unreleased.
12.03.2016 SMSQ/E for QPC2 now v3.24 (taken from smsqe324_binaries.zip, configured). Freeze provable. Unreleased.
13.03.2016 SMSQmulator now v2.18, SMSQ/E now v3.24 (taken from smsqe324_binaries.zip, configured).
14.03.2016 SMSQ/E manual v1.03 added (source: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/ebooks/index.html).
22.03.2016 SMSQ/E for QXL now v3.24 (taken from smsqe324_binaries.zip, configured).
09.04.2016 SMSQ/E now v3.25 (taken from smsqe325_binaries.zip, configured).
24.06.2016 QPC2 now v4.04 (v4.0.4.9), SMSQmulator now v2.19, SMSQ/E now v3.26 (taken from smsqe326_binaries.zip, configured).
31.07.2016 Documentation updated.
10.08.2016 Documentation updated, QPC2 manual replaced with latest v4.02 which matches to QPC2 v4.04.
25.10.2016 Documentation updated, QDOS/SMS Reference Manual replaced with latest v4.1.
27.10.2016 SMSQmulator now v2.20 with SMSQ/E v3.27.0002 (taken from SMSQmulator?220.zip, configured), SMSQ/E now v3.27 for all other systems (taken from smsqe327_binaries.zip, configured where needed).
02.11.2016 Documentation updated, IPNet manuals and the latest version 4.0.1 of the SBASIC/SuperBASIC Reference Manual added.
03.02.2017 SMSQmulator now v2.22, QPC2 now v4.05 (v4.0.5.10), SMSQ/E now v3.29 for other systems (taken from smsqe329_binaries.zip, configured), documentation updated.
28.02.2017 SMSQmulator now v2.23, SMSQ/E now v3.30 for all systems (taken from smsqe330_binaries.zip, configured), uQLx 2017 version 0.50 release 2017-02-19 added and configured, documentation updated.
21.03.2017 uQLx configuration now includes WIN2 to WIN8.
27.04.2017 SMSQmulator now v2.24, SMSQ/E now v3.31 for all systems (taken from smsqe331_binaries.zip, configured).
17.05.2018 SMSQmulator now v2.26, SMSQ/E now v3.33 for all systems (taken from smsqe333_binaries.zip 1'630'296 17.05.2018 06:11, configured).
08.08.2018 QPTR manual updated to latest version 6.04 (taken from QPTR604.zip)
11.08.2018 SMSQ/E for Q68 v3.33 added (Q68_RAM.SYS, taken from smsqe333_binaries.zip 1'628'340 30.06.2018 12:43, configured).
12.10.2018 uQLx for x86 (IA-32) and x86-64 now edition 2018.
29.10.2018 uQLx for x86 (IA-32) and x86-64 now edition 2018a, release 2018-10-28.
31.10.2018 SMSQmulator now v2.27.
31.12.2018 SMSQ/E now v3.34 for all systems (taken from smsqe334_binaries.zip 1'635'334 08.12.2018 15:00, configured).
31.12.2018 Minerva now v1.98a1 (taken from minerva_1.98a1.zip 78'227 13.12.2018 22:37).
31.12.2018 QLSD WIN driver v1.07 added for QL-SD and MIST (taken from qlsd107_bin.zip 223'402 14.12.2018 23:09).
31.12.2018 Documentation updated.
09.01.2019 SMSQ/E v3.34 for Q68 (Q68_RAM.SYS) re-configured (see QLE_Config-Q68.txt).
27.01.2019 Documentation of platform specific configuration of SMSQ/E for Q68 updated.
10.02.2019 Documentation of uQLx updated (added original docs folder).
12.02.2019 uQLx x86 binaries renamed to make sure the command line works (see uqlx.sh).
05.03.2019 Documentation updated, Q_Liberator user manual replaced (PDF now is fully searchable), MINERVA Technical Guide added.
12.03.2019 Documentation updated, QL Technical Guide (1985) added, SMSQ/E manual updated from v1.04 to v1.06.
09.04.2019 Bootstrap partition (80MB QXL.WIN with just a tiny boot program) added for the MIST to overcome memory corruption.
09.04.2019 QMovie Video file (Sinclair_QL_Launch_1984.qmv) added.
19.04.2019 Documentation updated, TURBO BASIC Toolkit and Compiler (1986) added.
22.03.2020 Minerva v1.97 added.
28.03.2020 Documentation Updated, QDOS/SMS Reference Manual and SBASIC/SuperBASIC Reference Manual replaced with latest versions.
18.04.2020 SMSQ/E now v3.35 for all systems (taken from smsqe335_binaries.zip 1'635'976 07.02.2020 06:51, configured). SMSQmulator now v2.28. Both superseded by the release of SMSQ/E v3.36 and SMSQmulator now v2.29 on 19.04.2020. Bad timing/no coordination, ARGH!
20.12.2020 QLSD WIN driver for QL-SD and MIST updated to v1.09 (taken from qlsd109_bin.zip 240'223 14.05.2020 08:02).
22.12.2020 SMSQ/E now v3.36 for all systems (taken from smsqe336_binaries.zip 1'653'190 19.04.2020 06:58, configured).
22.12.2020 SMSQmulator now v2.29.
30.12.2020 Raver.ub (sound file for SSS) and DASBOOT2.MOD (sound file for MODPlay) added to new aud folder.
31.12.2020 Documentation updated (now 131 *pdf *txt *mht files compared to 118 of v3.19).
01.11.2021 SMSQmulator now v2.32, QPC2 now v5.01 (v5.0.1.37), SMSQ/E now v3.38 for all systems (taken from smsqe338_binaries.zip 1'661'337 31.10.2021 06:05, configured), documentation updated.
05.12.2021 QPC2 now v5.02 (v5.0.2.38).
30.12.2021 SMSQmulator now v2.33.
30.12.2021 sQLux v1.0.2 release 2021-12-25 added and configured, documentation updated, audio and video files added.
30.12.2021 Bootstrap partition (now a 1MB QXL.WIN with a small boot program and some needed files) updated.
09.01.2022 Documentation updated, sQLux.pdf added.
09.04.2022 SMSQ/E for Q68 (Q68_RAM.SYS) re-configured QUB drives settings (see QLE_Config-Q68.txt).
14.06.2022 QLSD WIN driver for QL-SD and MIST updated to v1.10 (taken from qlsd110_bin.zip 240'723 12.01.2022 23:09).
30.11.2022 New directory ROMs_OSs created to become the new "home" of ROMs and binaries of Operating Systems (Minerva, SMSQ/E). QPC2*.bat, SMSQmulator.ini, uqlxrc-QLE and sqlux.ini amended to support this.
04.12.2022 sQLux now v1.0.6 release 2022-11-26 (4 binaries: sqlux_arm64, sqlux_armv6, sqlux_w64.exe, sqlux_x86_64), documentation & URLs updated.
23.12.2022 sQLux v1.0.5 release 2022-05-02 (3 binaries: sqlux_armv7, sqlux_w32.exe, sqlux_x86_32) included and release documentation updated.
26.12.2022 SMSQ/E for Q-emuLator (SMSQ_QEM 275'252 01.11.2021 03:01) added.
27.12.2022 Configuration file for Q-emuLator (QemuLator_8MB_Q60_SMSQE_QLE.QCF) added.
27.12.2022 SMSQ/E v3.38 for ATARI ST-TT (SMSQE.PRG 284'914 31.10.2021 05:07) added (to new folder ST-TT) and tested using Hatari.
28.12.2022 Documentation updated.
03.05.2023 Two books (The Sinclair QL Companion & QL Today’s QL Assembly Language Programming Series Book One) added to 3-OS in Documentation.
18.11.2023 SBASIC/SuperBASIC Reference Manual replaced with latest version. Q_Liberator 3.36+ manual slightly amended.
20.12.2023 Website sinclairql.org is now non-HTTPS again! Hence usable using the QL's Lynx web browser. :-)

This file created by Urs Koenig, last updated 15:00 29.12.2023