The price of £399 puts it right up against the BBC micro in terms of price, while the many built-in facilities give the QL a distinct edge in performance.
Microcosm zines 32 bit#
The fact that the computer is based on a Motorla 68000 MRU, which until Sinclair started to make 32 bit noises had been known to one and all as a 16-bit micro, and that the version of the 68000 used in the QL has only an 8-bit data transfer capability, makes the quantum leap story look a bit thin.īrushing aside Sinclairs' superlative laden PR, the QL is still a machine which will give the likes of Acorn and Commodore a run for their money. In typical Sinclair fashion, the QL is described as a '32 bit machine' and this fact is in part used as justification for the claim that the QL represents 'a quantum leap' in the power of home micros. Get over it.The first months of 1984 have seen a fair degree of activity from computer manufacturers with the launch of the long awaited Sinclair ZX83, or QL as it shall from now on be known. But still, at heart, we’ve got this milk crate strapped to the back of a bike and we’re riding wildly across town to hand you the book that might just be the one that saves your life. We’re not as drunk or dirty as we used to be. We have a staff, we have relationships in the industry that send our books to places we wouldn’t have dreamed we could walk into ourselves.
Microcosm zines full#
Now we have contracts instead of handshakes, a warehouse instead of a fanny pack full of zines.
We set out to save ourselves from not caring, but out there in the margins we’ve found communities worth always doing it better for.
We’ve brought our brightly colored books to infoshops, zine fests, media summits, bicycle conferences, parks, street corners, house shows, dirty bars, allnight coffeeshops, art museums, and every corner of the mainstream where we can clear away a little space to set up shop. Microcosm has lived in milk crates, in closets, in a mud room, in a windowless basement, in a church, and under a desk at a major credit card company. Microcosm constantly poses the question “How can we remove barriers to success for marginalized people in our industry?” on post-consumer papers, and the company doubles the industry average in number of women authors. Microcosm focuses on relating the experiences of what it’s like to be a marginalized person and strives to be recognized for spirit, creativity, and value. Microcosm was started by Joe Biel in his bedroom as a distro and record label in 1996 and is now among the oldest independent book publishing houses in Portland, OR. Microcosm emphasizes skill-building, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Portland’s most colorful, authentic, and empowering publishing house and distributor, Microcosm Publishing is a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around them. Microcosm describes itself as having “a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom, influencing other publishers large and small with books and bookettes about DIY skills, food, zines, and art. Microcosm Publishing is an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, Oregon. All ListingsArtCollectives and CooperativesCommunitiesEatsEntertainmentEventsfoodlawyerPeopleplace_of_worshipPoints of InterestsSites of Resistance
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