Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-17 Thread John Sadler
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 02:51, Daniele Terdina wrote: > It would be great to be able to fit a PC in a QL case, with a 100% > compatible QL emulator running on it and able to access the microdrives (or > better 1 mdv and a memory card reader in the right slot) and QL keyboard, > plus plenty of

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-14 Thread pgraf
Daniele Terdina wrote: > It would be great to be able to fit a PC in a QL case, with a 100% > compatible QL emulator running on it and able to access the microdrives > (or better 1 mdv and a memory card reader in the right slot) and QL > keyboard, plus plenty of USB ports on the back for floppy d

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Daniele Terdina
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > d.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ql-users] SDGC > > Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote: > > > I think so too . . . looking at it objectiv

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
On 13 Feb 2007, at 22:06, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > But if a 'Super QL' were made to fit the original case, it would of > course have nostalgia value, as the original QL case design was one of > its great features. If a SuperQL was made as a new motherboard, but incorporating connectors for MDV,

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > But if a 'Super QL' were made to fit the original case, it would of > course have nostalgia value, as the original QL case design was one of > its great features. > > Absolutely . . . are there certainly seems a market for nostalgia at the moment . . . There's a Dutch c

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Peter Graf wrote: > I wonder if the QL motherboard needs to stay to keep the thing > subjectively attractive. Or could the QL be filled with completely > new > life, just keeping the black case? I think that an Aurora card can in principle be built into a QL case, but it's not easy. Probably easier

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote: > > >> I think so too . . . looking at it objectively if you replace too much >> of the original QL you are no longer really using the QL, but the fact >> that it is still in the black box is subjectively attractive. >> > > I wonde

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread pgraf
Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote: > I think so too . . . looking at it objectively if you replace too much > of the original QL you are no longer really using the QL, but the fact > that it is still in the black box is subjectively attractive. I wonder if the QL motherboard needs to stay to keep the

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Stephen Usher
>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 Ein

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Bob Spelten
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 Sinc

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
> > 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 I think so too . . . looking at it objectively if you replace too much of the original QL you

Re: [ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [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 rea

[ql-users] SDGC

2007-02-13 Thread pgraf
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 curiosi