At this stage, it is difficult to answer Yes or No if i am going to write drivers. We have to evaluate on each area the necessary effort, competence and time needed. I have some experiences on developping software for QL and Motorola assembler coding (much more on Unix and windows platforms) but nothing on the hardware. So, i can consider my contribution if pertinent and possible. I completely aggree that involving Nasta would render things easier. Regards Alain HAOUI PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tél : 01 56 47 23 19 - Fax : 01 56 47 21 12 GSM : 06 86 57 45 67 Case courrier : LG120
Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] o.uk> Pour Envoyé par : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ql-users-bounces cc @lists.q-v-d.com Objet Re: [ql-users] Réf. : Re: Spare GC 12/02/2007 11:27 or SGC? Veuillez répondre à [EMAIL PROTECTED] om -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am wondering from some time ago, if it is possible to consider an USB > port implementation on a new QL hardware. This, it will be a real leap for > the QL community as it opens the door for a planty of low cost and > efficient peripherals and gets down the need for developping others > extensions. I don't know if this kind of thing could be looked in this > project but if it is, i will be interested for a couple of pièces. I must > however admit that the need for drivers for a such devices will be > determinant. Exactly. Are you going to write the drivers then (8-)# The hardware issues are not going to be trivial (for all aspects of the design) but the *real* difficulty is going to be finding people to write both the firmware (logic chips) and drivers. That will be the make/break. If Nasta were to be involved, then a great number of the hardware issues would be addressed. Tony - -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0EEFM3RzOs8+btoRAvzSAJ9J+8XgEvTBlIYCHxSZciJddrEdPwCfZbcE Vk120EM9SvFToqDgjWbCUaY= =mZO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm