Last Updated on: 13th August 2025, 10:24 am
Web site: github.com/SinclairQL/Minerva4Q68
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Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: Motorola 68000
Based on: Minerva
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Minerva4Q68 – a port of the Minerva operating system for the Q68 (Sinclair QL clone).
The Q68 is a complete replacement system for the QL. It is designed by Peter Graf, who also designed the Q40 and Q60 systems, and became available in limited quantities in December 2017. The Q68, unlike its predecessors, is based around a single FPGA chip which implements a 68000 compatible processor and internal QL peripherals.
The Minerva operating system was originally designed as a replacement ROM operating system for the Sinclair QL computer, currently licenced under GPLv3. This port is aimed at the Q68, an FPGA-based replacement board for the QL.
It is not intended as a replacement for the SMSQ/E OS supplied with the Q68, as SMSQ/E is far more extensive and better suited to support the Q68 hardware than the 48K ROM-based Minerva. We just provide this port to demonstrate the Q68’s ability to run ‘oldskool’ ROM images, give Q68 users the Minerva look and feel, and maybe provide an opportunity to run badly written software that doesn’t run on SMSQ/E (but chances are big that this software won’t run on Minerva either).
