Cluttering of cables sounds bad however based on the size it is likely to turn out then the whole thing including a USB hub could be fitted inside a QL BB, a way of converting the existing keyboard matrix to a USB may prove difficult, however alternative USB keyboards could be used instead, but then it wouldn't look like a QL :(
My second point (or question) for what it's worth is that other than machine code routines, peek and poke for fixed memory (screen or systems variables) does SuperBASIC need 680?? emulation? Regards, Lee Privett Editor ---QUANTA--- The QL Users And Tinkerers Association http://www.QUANTA.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Norman Dunbar Sent: 04 August 2011 13:50 To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £15 PC On 04/08/11 12:43, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Whilst I agree with most of what you say, Bryan, the likeliest > scenario for using it as a "QL" is that it will have some form of > native OS with which a QL emulator would have to be run...... Based on the actual price of the device, around $25, then I am having extreme difficulty seeing how they can even begin to think about putting a commercial OS on there. Many devices nowadays, for example, most ebook readers, have embedded Linux of some sort simply because (a) it works and (b) it's free and so keeps the prices down. I don't see Microsoft giving away free versions of Windows to help keep the price of anything down - well, not unless you are a big government agency or similar, but then you get screwed on support and software costs. I suspect, but don't know, that it will come with some form of Linux onboard. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _______________________________________________ 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
