I will be very interested too by getting any schematics for Qubide. I am not going to build the board. I am just making some explorations to build an expander for Qubide, and until now I haven't managed to get all information I need.
Regards/Alain Selon Jan Palenicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >From: Marcel Kilgus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> There are knowledged people willing to share for NO PROFIT. > >Oh well, then we only have to find some of those and we're all good. > >That should be easy ;-) > > I didn't say that there are not knowledged people Marcel. You are one of the > gurus here and I respect your work and contributions. > > In other words, I am saying that new people would be more interested in > developing QL SW or HW if all the obstacles would disappear. Publishing all > available documentation, schematics and source code would make much faster > kick off of any new project. QL needs new projects. > > >I'm also sure it's > >possible to get the schematics and layout of the QuibIDE board for > >free if anybody wants to build one for themselves and the firmware is > >free anyway. > > I am sorry, it is possibly my fault that I am new here and I don't know the > people. So, I am the one who want to buid Qubide. Can you give me the > direction where can I get the schematics, please? > > >So hardware of that complexity is a pretty old hat. > > OK, but there are hundred(s) of black-box QL users without such device. > > >Building hardware that actually advances the QL on the other hand is > >probably a dozen times more difficult. > > Disagree. Maybe you are thinking of your expanded advanced super QL on your > desk, but my QL has only sandyQboard. So advancing has different meanings for > us. I would be happy with: > > * Gold Card > * Qubide. > > >IIRC even the old SGC card is > >some very complex 4 layer board that you can't just cook up in your > >kitchen. > > 4 layers, it's so complex that nobody can do it. We are doomed. > > There is technology that enables building these devices, maybe not in my > kitchen. If one person has this capability, there can be at least one SGC > build. And what about more? > > It was already pointed that some components in SGC doesn't exist, HW needs to > be redesigned, but capable people here doesn't have time. I am proposing to > ask "general public" and transforming this issue into challenge for > developers. That might in the best case bring working device in the worst > case nothing will happen. > > >So excuse me if I think > >that the two systems cannot be compared in any way. > > No problem. I hope you excuse me if I think that it can be compared. Black QL > is not far more complicated than ZX. Biggest difference is in your mind. > > Jan > ------------------------------------------ > > http://icqsms.cz/ > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
