I just want to say about Phil's email that I'm in a similar situation. What is new from last time is that I just put money to buy an A1200 and an A500.
Not only because I want to work on QL new hardware but before I got Amigas too. I thinking that there is some people like us when we was very young when we bought our QL the first time we now get a few more money and we will continue to make program on it to let a chance to QL survival. Perharps with some marketing outside the QL community we will get some more interested persons. What I regret is when I had buy the QL (in fact my parents has bought it for me because I was quite good at school - the QL was a very very deluxe present !!) I was living in Africa and I only got between 14 and 15 years old. So my knowledge of QL is quite poor. As Phil, I a not so bad C programmer but not really on Unix as I had work for Microsoft. I quite sure that should be necessary to person like us to have a clear knowledge roadmap in other to became better in QL Technology. I can work for it for many reasons : - Continue the work for QL2K - QL is a good platform to learn computer technology - Getting a chance to have more and more users - ... (Certainly there is others good reasons to continue in that way). Jimmy. -----Message d'origine----- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Phil Kett Envoyé : mardi 20 février 2007 00:22 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff This isn't a reply to any specific email that's been sent to the list on this subject more a general comment on my thoughts about the QL 'scene' as it currently stands. My interest in the QL has recently been rekindled. Some years ago I decided that I had the money to invest in a more modern QL system - I couldn't stretch to the likes of a Q40 but did manage to buy a SGC and Aurora. Although my knowledge of the system was extremely rusty I did manage to get it up and running - installed SMSQ and some other software with the intention of developing some software. (...) I think we have to face the fact that the QL is a dying breed - we're not going to get any new hardware due to costs, and new software is only going to be developed by those already developing software. Partly because of the cost of getting a 'modern' QL system and partly because learning how to program such a system seems to be very, very difficult due to a lack of tutorials or available documentation. Once again sorry for the rambling email - I just thought I'd throw in my 2p to an interesting discussion! Phil _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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