My two-pennuth on the - "and the multitasking wasn't really 'multi' because background tasks were paused."
theme. OCR'd from the second page of full colour promotional leaflet "The Sinclair QL" (A4 - 8 pages and [silver] cover with references 9513 2 84) ===================================== Revolutionary QDOS operating system The QL 32K ROM contains a new operating system (QDOS) specially developed for the QL. QDOS is unique to Sinclair, and a key element in the QL's performance. No existing operating system was remotely capable of capitalising on the full power of the 32-bit processor. QDOS sets a new standard in operating systems for the 68000 family of processors, and may well become the industry standard. QDOS is a single-user, multi-tasking time-sliced system using Sinclair SuperBASIC as command language. One of its most significant features is a very powerful multi-tasking capability. Multi-tasking is the ability to use several programs individually and simultaneously. The QL also displays the results simultaneously in different portions of the screen. Each program running can be scrolled within its window independently. This feature is not normally available on computers costing les than £7,000. QDOS has fully device-independent input/output. A program can be written without reference to the type of device to be used, which can be specified when the program is run; and the QL can sense the type of peripheral devices connected to its expansion port and organise their input/output. ========================== Regards to all, John in Wales
