Op Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:50:25 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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. > The design of the Sinclairs stuff has always appealed to me. It was a major factor in choosing my first ZX81 and on to the QL. But software demands outgrew the black box and adding memory, floppies & hard disks made it longer with loose boxes attached so less attractive and less practical. That's why I made my MaxiQL, separating the keyboard from the base and adding a frame on top of the base with floppy and hard drives. I also made sure it was mostly black. (It can regularly be seen at the Eindhoven show, next one March 24.) Also the MinisQL is an attractive design; small, quiet (no big fan), if only it were black. So MY ideal machine would be one that is capable of using the full potential of SMSQ/PEv2 (only QPC2 and Qx0 can do that now, both Aurora/SGC and QXL suffer from lack of memory) and can be fitted in a black box (or my MaxiQL or MinisQL). QL Today v10i2 had an article of the June 2005 Eindhoven show where Jens Wildgruber showed his QL in a rack, with a Flashcard in stead of a hard disk. That could make a compact QL, maybe even be put in the black box! Bob -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
