To add to what Dilwyn has said, the OPD/Tonto shared many components with
the QL at the hardware level, but was very different at the operating system
level. The software Dilwyn mentioned (OPD/QL Interchange is mentioned on my
web site, but not available for download as I have never looked at removing
the original copy protection. One thing that OPD had was a variant of
Exchange, so you can exchange Quill/Archive/Abacus/Easel files with the OPD
using my software. If you have a real need for it, then let me know and I
could put together and email you an unprotected version.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] merlin tonto ql clone
> >Does anyone know something about the merlin tonto personel computer ?
> It is
> >said its a ql clone but i cannot find much about it. Is it fully
> compatible
> >with the standard ql?
>
> A company called ICL developed a machine called the OPD (One Per Desk)
> based on QL hardware, and this appeared in several variants, one was
> the Tonto.
>
> The hardware is based on a QL, but it is not fully compatible with a
> QL. I think it uses the same microdrive cartridges as the QLbut in a
> different format, so a QL cannot read Tonto/OPD cartridges and a Tonto
> cannot read QL software cartridges.
>
> Dave Walker developed software many years ago to allow exchange of
> software between OPD cartridges and QL cartridges. The software ran on
> a QL and was called OPD Interchange.
>
> I don't know if the software is still available. Dave Walker's website
> is on www.itimpi.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
> By the way, this mailing list prefers plain text emails.
>
> --
> Dilwyn Jones
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
>
>
>
