[ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Guys, Firstly, it's all a little bit quiet in here, is everyone on their Hols.!!? Ok, to the point. My QL software catelogue is looking quite good, I have quite a nice collection of applications and Games but It's nowhere near finished, not by a long shot. I have requested and sucessfully pur

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Norman
Morning Neil, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Firstly, it's all a little bit quiet in here, is everyone on their > Hols.!!? It has been a little on the quiet side recently. I wonder if people simply cannot get through all the spam about the German stock exchange that seems to be very 'popular' at th

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Norman, German spam doesn't get through our firewall although the occasional Viagra advert does and this morning 'Emma' wants to talk to me about 're: The other night' , sadly, i can't remember Emma, you'd imagine i would :-) Back on topic, no problem, I'm sure someone out there has a few

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > Norman, > > German spam doesn't get through our firewall although the occasional Viagra > advert does and this morning 'Emma' > wants to talk to me about 're: The other night' , sadly, i can't remember > Emma, you'd imagine i

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Ebay auction nbrs 130114107154 - divIDE CF interface for ZX Spectrum - CompactFlash! & 130115931446 - divIDE interface for ZX Spectrum - connect HDD to ZX Now, I'm actually quite impressed with this, why isn't there a QL varient !? actually, i know the answer but goodness, what a boost fo

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > Ebay auction nbrs > > 130114107154 - divIDE CF interface for ZX Spectrum - CompactFlash! > & > 130115931446 - divIDE interface for ZX Spectrum - connect HDD to ZX > > Now, I'm actually quite impressed with this, why isn't ther

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Neil Riley wrote: Ebay auction nbrs 130114107154 - divIDE CF interface for ZX Spectrum - CompactFlash! & 130115931446 - divIDE interface for ZX Spectrum - connect HDD to ZX Now, I'm actually quite impressed with this, why isn't there a QL varient !? >>T

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > Neil Riley wrote: > Ebay auction nbrs > > 130114107154 - divIDE CF interface for ZX Spectrum - > CompactFlash! > & > 130115931446 - divIDE interface for ZX Spectrum - connect HDD to > ZX > > Now, I'

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
There is - Qubide. I meant, a decent memory size Compact flash equalivant. >>So did I. Qubide runs a standard Compact Flash adapter. >>After all CF is IDE and requires no special hardware. Is that so. So how does one attach a nice fat SD card to Qubide? , i assume it would be

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > > There is - Qubide. > > I meant, a decent memory size Compact flash equalivant. > >>> So did I. Qubide runs a standard Compact Flash adapter. >>> After all CF is IDE and requires no special hardware. > > Is that

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Thats a shame, we just got rid of a dozen or so of those PCMCIA compact flash cards, only a few Mb each though. They fetch quite a price on ebay hence the reason why they were gotten rid of... >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 May 2007 16:04 >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Ril

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Neil Riley wrote: >>>So did I. Qubide runs a standard Compact Flash adapter. >>>After all CF is IDE and requires no special hardware. > Is that so. So how does one attach a nice fat SD card to Qubide? Not SD (Secure Digital), CF (CompactFlash) it is (same as with your Spectrum hardware). CF cards

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Neil Riley wrote: > Thats a shame, we just got rid of a dozen or so of those PCMCIA compact > flash cards, only a few Mb each though. First of all, CompactFlash and PCMCIA are two separate things, CompactFlash is the flash format and PCMCIA are the slots in notebooks which can hold pretty much eve

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
Thanks Marcel, you've just verified what Tony has said. I will take a look. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 May 2007 16:16 >>> Neil Riley wrote: >>>So did I. Qubide runs a standard Compact Flash adapter. >>>After all CF is IDE and requires no special hardware. > Is that so. So how does one attach a nic

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > Thats a shame, we just got rid of a dozen or so of those PCMCIA compact > flash cards, only a few Mb each though. > They fetch quite a price on ebay hence the reason why they were > gotten rid of... > They are still dirt cheap

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Neil Riley
So, are we saying :- CompactFlash--->Pcmcia adaptor->IDE interface--> Aurora or CompactFlash--->Pcmcia adaptor->Aurora almost there now ! :-) Neil >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 May 2007 16:32 >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: > Thats a sha

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Neil Riley wrote: CompactFlash--->>Pcmcia adaptor->IDE interface--> Aurora > > or > CompactFlash--->>Pcmcia adaptor->Aurora > > almost there now ! :-) Both wrong. CompactFlash-->>CF/IDE adapter-->>Aurora Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Darren Branagh
Hi all. Phoebus Dokos used to sell a Compact Flash reader that worked perfectly with QubIDE. I (q-celt) was the european agent for them - they were designed to fit into the floppy drive bay on a PC case, or a 5.25" bay with an adaptor. Sold quite a few as I recall. I think we sold them for le

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Marcel Kilgus wrote: >> almost there now ! :-) > > Both wrong. > CompactFlash-->>>CF/IDE adapter-->>Aurora Oops, that should be CompactFlash-->>CF/IDE adapter-->>QubIDE of course... Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Derek Stewart
Hi Darren, Phoebus sold the Compact flash adapters to anyone who wanted them, I have a couple sitting doing nothing. Derek Darren Branagh wrote: > Hi all. > > Phoebus Dokos used to sell a Compact Flash reader that worked perfectly > with QubIDE. I (q-celt) was the european agent for them - th

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Derek Stewart wrote: > Phoebus sold the Compact flash adapters to anyone who wanted them, I > have a couple sitting doing nothing. > ... and I have one too. They are easily available though commercially. As I said there is no hardware logic, just s

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Guys, > >Firstly, it's all a little bit quiet in here, is everyone on their >Hols.!!? > >Ok, to the point. My QL software catelogue is looking quite good, I >have quite >a nice collection of applications and Games but It's now

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darren Branagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi all. > >Phoebus Dokos used to sell a Compact Flash reader that worked perfectly >with QubIDE. I (q-celt) was the european agent for them - they were >designed to fit into the floppy drive bay on a PC case, or a 5.25" ba

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> I notice a chap on ebay selling an add on for the spectrum which > allows an SD card > to be slotted in, It has it's own firmware and thus commands for the > spectrum. Oh yes, > a 1Gb + card would easily hold all spectrum software, a boom to an > old gamer like > myself. I think it costs around £

Re: [ql-users] Any old iron.

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
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