Hi,
Is that for 128Mb USB 2.0 Flash Memory Sticks...
Derek
Darren Branagh wrote:
Well, that's a probable 4 - only 96 to go.... :-))
Darren.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Gilpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2005 17:02
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software behaving badly
Count me in for a couple and I expect that a couple from the Nemqlug subgroup would also be interested.
Regards,
John Gilpin (individual)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Branagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ql-users] Software behaving badly
-----Original Message----- From: David Tubbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2005 16:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ql-users] Software behaving badly
At 15:40 19/05/2005 +0100, you wrote:
We will probably settle on buying the 128Mb sticks - they are now the smallest we do, which only a handful of 64Mb ones remaining. I think a 70-80Mb QXL.WIN file or similar would be enough on these, and this would leave ample room for other storage uses for the owner.
To be honest though, the fear I have is how many we'd sell. I would need
to
commit to buying at least 50, but more likely 100, to get decent pricing
on
the sticks. Typical price when available shouldn't exceed 15 pounds. Will
we
sell that many?
I was wrong then, I thought you were looking to introduce a new line.
Well, it's a new idea in QL terms, but USB sticks are about for years.
As to Sticks, quantity why ?
Primarily to make it worthwhile. Example - I spent MONTHS working on the
QL
DVD documentary project. Steve Reyal practically devoted his life to it in the same period. We even bought a Mini DV camera - over 600 pounds at the time - with the sole motive being the DVD. Steve (a professional broadcasting editor and DVD author) designed slides shows, sampled music, wrote scripts, and designed the menus for the whole thing. Even blank DVD media was quite expensive at the time. Even doing rostrum camera work of a QL turning for the menu sequences. How many did we sell? Errr.. About 6 of them. Total financial disaster. So, I'm eager to avoid that again.
Secondly, if I buy 100, I can get them printed with a logo of our choice,
so
I could get them with a QUANTA logo on, on maybe "Sinclair" in the famous block font. Makes the thing a touch more personal I think.
Surely the suite would best be moved as a Zipped collection for anyone to unwind into any device they had available, so many have camera mem cards already.
No, this defeats the purpose. I can do this after the event for people who want the data, but this idea came about as a way of trying to get at those ex QLers who now have PC's on their desks. Most of these will have
forgotten
what ZIP is (if they ever knew) and would'nt want the hassle of finding
out.
If the idea is to work, it should be a matter of plugging in the USB
stick,
and clicking an icon - and a few seconds later you have a useable QL
screen
in front on you, with maybe a BOOT running displaying a menu of options,
and
programs to run. Dead simple.
A separate question is if a memory stick is marketable at that price and would it be worthwhile to engage in.
This is the big question. Of the people on this list for instance, how
many
would buy one?
Cheers,
Darren.
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