68K/OS

68K/OS was a computer operating system developed by GST Computer Systems for the Sinclair QL microcomputer.

DeveloperGST Computer Systems

OS familyDisk operating systems

Working stateDiscontinued

Source modelClosed source

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68K/OS
68K/OS EPROM expansion card
Developer	GST Computer Systems
OS family	Disk operating systems
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Closed source
Initial release	1984; 42 years ago (1984)
Supported platforms	Sinclair QL microcomputer
Default user interface	Command-line interface or menu

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It was commissioned by Sinclair Research in February 1983. However, after the official launch of the QL in January 1984, 68K/OS was rejected, and production QLs shipped with Sinclair's own Qdos operating system.^[1]

GST later released 68K/OS as an alternative to Qdos, in the form of an EPROM expansion card,^[2] and also planned to use it on single-board computers based on the QL's hardware.^[1]

The operating system was developed by Chris Scheybeler,^[3] Tim Ward,^[2] Howard Chalkley and others.^{[citation needed]}

The few ROM cards that were made mean that surviving examples now fetch a high price: On Feb 04, 2010 one sold for £310 on eBay.^[4]