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* 12 January: The [[Sinclair QL]] ("Quantum Leap") is introduced, at £399, and is intended to compete in the business market. Based on a Motorola 68008 CPU with an 8-bit data bus, it comes with 128 KB of RAM and supports the ZX Microdrive (rather than a floppy disk drive). With delivery promised within 28 days, the machine is plagued by production problems, delaying deliveries until April and requiring an external expansion card (the "kludge"/"dongle") holding 16 KB ROM to be used with early machines, needed as the QL's operating system would not fit into the 32 KB of ROM provided internally. | * 12 January: The [[Sinclair QL]] ("Quantum Leap") is introduced, at £399, and is intended to compete in the business market. Based on a Motorola 68008 CPU with an 8-bit data bus, it comes with 128 KB of RAM and supports the ZX Microdrive (rather than a floppy disk drive). With delivery promised within 28 days, the machine is plagued by production problems, delaying deliveries until April and requiring an external expansion card (the "kludge"/"dongle") holding 16 KB ROM to be used with early machines, needed as the QL's operating system would not fit into the 32 KB of ROM provided internally. | ||
* January: The magazine [[Your Spectrum]] is launched by Sportscene Specialist Press (later renamed to Dennis Publishing in April 1987). | * January: The magazine [[Your Spectrum]] is launched by Sportscene Specialist Press (later renamed to Dennis Publishing in April 1987). | ||
* February: The magazine [[Crash]] is launched by Newsfield Publications Ltd. | * February: The magazine [[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] is launched by Newsfield Publications Ltd. | ||
=== 1985 === | === 1985 === | ||