Editing List of Sinclair QL clones (section)

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The following is a list of [[clone (computing)|clone]]s of [[Sinclair Research]]'s [[Sinclair QL]] [[microcomputer]]:<ref name="ql-faq-hw">{{cite web|last=Klein|first=Robert|title=QL history FAQ part one: Hardware|url=http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/roklein/ql/Hardware|work=www.staff.uni-mainz.de|accessdate=23 July 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504000555/http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/roklein/ql/Hardware|archivedate=4 May 2006}}</ref>

* Sandy '''QLT''' / '''Futura''' (only produced in prototype form)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=HELLER |first=LEON |date=September 18, 1986 |title=Supplement: Alive and leaping |pages=iv-v |work=[[Popular Computing Weekly]]|url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-09-18/page/n25/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Goodwin|first=Simon|date=January 1988 |title=Tech Niche - AMSTROLOGY The future of the Spectrum - can a superclone challenge Amstrad? |pages=143 |work=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]|issue=48 |url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-48}}</ref>
* '''[[CST Thor]]''' series ('''Thor 1''' / '''Thor 20''' / '''Thor XVI''')<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* Qubbesoft '''Aurora''' (a replacement QL [[motherboard]])<ref name="ql-faq-hw" />
* Peter Graf's '''[[Qx0]]''' series of motherboards: '''Q40''', '''Q40i''' and '''Q60'''<ref>{{cite web |date=2006 |title=Infos about the Q60 - A Sinclair QL successor |url=http://www.q40.de/ |access-date=2008-04-21 |website=q40.de: The Home of Q40 and Q60 users}}</ref>

The following hardware devices provided QL compatibility for other computer platforms:

* Futura Datasenter '''QL Emulator''' for the [[Atari ST]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sinclair QL Home Computer Emulators for Other Computers |url=https://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/emulators.html |website=RWAP Software}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2006 |title=JMS Homepage for SMSQ/E (QL-compatible operating system and more) |url=http://smsq.j-m-s.com/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327215946/http://smsq.j-m-s.com/index.htm |archive-date=27 March 2006 |website=Jochen Merz Software}}</ref>
* Jochen Merz's '''QVME card''' for the [[Atari MEGA STE]] and  [[Atari TT]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Merz |first=Jochen |date=May 1996 |title=My BOOT |pages=7 |work=QL Today |url=https://sinclairql.net/qlt/QLToday_V01-I1_en.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Miracle Systems]] '''QXL''' and '''QXL II cards''' for [[PC compatible]]s<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jäger |first=Peta |title=QL-HARDWARE und PRODUKTINFORMATIONEN |url=http://sinclairql.emuunlim.com/hardware.html |website=Petas Sinclair QL Support Page}}</ref>

The [[International Computers Limited|ICL]] '''[[One Per Desk]]''' (also sold as the [[BT Group|BT]] Merlin Tonto or the [[Telstra|Telecom Australia]] Computerphone) shared some hardware components with the QL but was not intended to be software-compatible.

In addition, several software [[emulator]]s of the QL exist including '''QPC''', '''uQLX''', '''QLay''' and '''Q-emuLator'''.<ref name="dilwyn-emu">{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Dilwyn|title=Sinclair QL Software - Emulators|url=https://dilwyn.theqlforum.com/emu/index.html|work=Dilwyn Jones Sinclair QL Pages|accessdate=24 February 2025}}</ref>

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}