Nasta wrote:
>>>When it finally materialized (somehwere around the time the Aurora
>>>became available) I already had plans to do a SGC successor because
>>>it was clear Miracle was pulling out of the QL market.
>>
>>You must have had a lot of insider knowlegde about Miracles policies.
>>After I announced the Q40, Miracle came up with a new competitive
>>announcement in QL Today. Back then, I took the announcement seriously,
>>but from what you say, Miracle had already pulled out.
>
>Frankly, I don't think I knew much more than anyone else, getting
>information about plans from Stuart is worse than pulling teeth :-) Even
>so, Stuiart is a geat guy and i am really sorry he isn't involved with the
>QL any more, or at least his involvement isn't public any more.
>...
>In fact, I honestly don't remember Miracle's counter-proposal to the Q40.
It was in Nov./Dec. 1997, after I announced the Q40 in summer, and showed a
prototype in fall. Looking back, it sounds amusing, but back then I was
scared that my work had been almost useless, and considered to give up.
Knowing that at least my graphics would be a lot better than the announced
machine, made me decide to go on. It sounded like this:
" U L T R A G O L D C A R D
Miracle services is working with TF Services and Qbranch on a new
accelerator card for the QL.
...
The processor will be the 68060 which is currently the fastest member of
the 68000 family and should give an 8-fold speed improvement over the SUPER
GOLD CARD. Memory expansion will be by way of a SIMM socket allowing for
low cost RAM upgrade.
...
add some form of of improved audio interfacing
...
multiprocessing
...
The ULTRA GOLD CARD will have a high speed network so that many of these
will be able to be connected together and use each others processing power.
...
In the not too distant future you will be able to come along to a workshop,
plug in your ULTRA GOLD CARD to the network, and experiment with processing
power rated in GIPS! "
All the best,
Peter
