Hmmm.
As an (sadly) ex-Quanta Member, perhaps I shouldn't poke my nose in but
grin
There's not really any hard and fast rules here are there?
If someone had a business plan they thought they might interest Quanta
with then, true, it would be up to them to put it together and present
it.
However, if a body, such as Quanta, should wish to engage a
consultant/contractor to carry out a job of work/project to further that
bodies interests then they may well wish to put together a project
plan/proposal and work together with the proposed consultant/contractor
on the plan and contract terms, etc.
There'y'go my tuppence.
P.S. I now have a DOS 6.22 partition on my XP machine which will soon, I
hope, proudly appear as a QL emulator on my boot menu choice (Boot
Magic).
And all my old QL software will have a new Pentium lease of life!
bigger grin
Regards and many thanks to all still carrying the Flag,
Dave Isaacs
Slough
Berkshire
PPS. Children, motorbikes and Windows Work stopped play when my QL
hardware broke 5 or 6 years ago.
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In Dave P wrote:
I see two good opportunities for major developments that have
minimal
cost. One is SMSQ on a good emulator on linux on an ARM board (or
other
highly predictable hardware).
As a RISC OS user I know ARM processors are slow (except for the
Samsung Halla), with no 64 bit version yet. That said, ARM is low
power,
and very popular therefore should be around for a while yet. What is
really needed is portable RISC OS computer, rather than a new OS for
ARM
CPUs. Your suggestion sounds a bit like the new Amiga OSes that run on
PowerPC and use a 68K CPU for apps.
The other is that 'someone' invites Nasta to
the UK and gives him a room, power, and a network connection.
I could invite him if wants to come, we have a room, power and
broadband
network connection which we have used for lodgers in the past, it now
contains QLs. Norwich is a cheap place to live with a Maplins store
in walking distance. Why would he need to be in the UK, surely a QL is
QL?
He is *so*
close to a complete coldfire machine that a truly *tiny* investment
and
support would see the project through to completion. Maybe we could
all
sponsor him to the tune of 10 pounds each per week - just a few
people
could share the costs to house and equip him - he already has almost
everything he needs...
I am interested, but think Quanta should approach first with a
business
plan.
On the contrary, It isd up to whoever to contact Quanta with a business
plan
and proposals.
John G. Quanta Treasurer.
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