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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there has always been a number of QL folks who want native hardware, but
> weren't satisfied with the concept of the Q60. They kept looking for a
> "Super Duper Gold Card". I often tried to understand what they really have
> in mind but failed. Some of them seem on this list now, maybe my curiosity
> can be helped...
>
> The starting point for the Q40/Q60 formfactor was: Nearly all QL users
> weren't satisfied with the black case & keyboard, so they mount their QL
> stuff in other cases, especially PC cases. Often a lot of tinkering was
> involved, even backplanes were made to ease the tinkering a bit.
> Consequently, a modernized QL should rather fit a PC case than the black
> box. (That's what I thought.)
>
> I could have given the Q60 a black box formfactor. Would this have
> satisfied those looking for SDGC?
>
> Or is this more than a question of the form factor? Are there parts on the
> QL motherboard which are ANY use in combination with a >= 68040 system?
>
I think is is just nostalgia for the first experience.
For the people who liked the original black box, the add-ons to that are
attractive, and one feels one is still using the original.
Tony
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