Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== QSPELL ====== There appears to have been two programs for the Sinclair QL called QSPELL, one by [[qlwiki:Eidersoft]] and a second by [[qlwiki:Quantum Mechanics]]. It is of course possible that Eidersoft merely published the program developed by Quantum Mechanics. ======Eidersoft version of QSPELL ====== QSPELL is a spelling checker for Quill, with a 25,000 word dictionary which can auto-learn words and be used to solve crosswords, anagrams and puzzles. Alas, the downside of QSpell was that it is not interactive - it can only check a finished Quill document, rather than checking as you type. You could however, integrate QSpell with Psion's [[qlwiki:Quill]] in that by pressing CTRL F3, within Quill, you brought up a QSpell menu bar, which allowed you to load an edit file which has been created by the main QSpell program - this then shows the original Quill file, with mistakes highlighted in reverse capitals. You can then use the Find function to move to the next mistake. It had a useful crossword search, which allows you to match words using wildcards, such as "m?ga??ne" or "maga*", plus an anagram and puzzle search. The puzzle search lists all words which can be made from the letters of another word. Advertised features included: * 25,000 Word Dictionary \\ * Resides in Memory \\ * Now With Multi-Tasking Quill Editor \\ * User Dictionary - create your own dictionary\\ * Auto Learns Words \\ * Solves Crosswords, Anagrams & Puzzles \\ * Features fast machine code sort routines \\ * Fully menu driven with Help files \\ * Load Time 1.28 \\ * 8 Page Manual \\ * Length 90K \\ * A4 Page Speed 24 Secs \\ ---- Title: **QSPELL**\\ Language: 68000 Machine Code\\ Author: David T Jones\\ Publisher: [[qlwiki:Eidersoft]]\\ Year of Publication: 1985\\ Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators\\ Commercial Status: Commercial\\ Price in July 1985: £19.95\\ Reviews: QL User (October 1985), QL World (November 1985)\\ Sources Available from: n/a\\ Latest Version available from: Unknown\\ ======Quantum Mechanics version of QSPELL ====== No details of this are known - other that a reference to a spell-checker for Quill in the QL User September 1985 Summer Software Survey, and in an undated letter from Sinclair Research which lists Qspell as a program from Quantum Mechanics. ---- Title: **QSPELL**\\ Language: Unknown\\ Author: Unknown\\ Publisher: [[qlwiki:Quantum Mechanics]]\\ Year of Publication: 1985\\ Platforms Suitable for: Unknown\\ Commercial Status: Unknown\\ Price in July 1985: Unknown\\ Reviews: Unknown\\ Sources Available from: n/a\\ Latest Version available from: Unknown\\ qlwiki/qspell.txt Last modified: 2023/08/25 12:22by 127.0.0.1