Hi Adrian,
In the end, and to be absolutely blunt about it, it simply wasn't worth
the effort required for the small return.
For myself, the problem is lack of time not lack of money. To see the QL-
SD fail because of money would be tragic.
If your decision can still be reconsidered, please
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
It was always possible to implement different file systems, SMSQ/E
itself comes with FAT12 support built-in for example. A layered
approach would just ensure that the file system could easily be shared
between hardware drivers. But with the state things are in, everybody
Interestingly it looks as though the driver is only 4K !!
Well. That is not the driver. That is a simple proof-of-concept program to
demonstrate the speed achieved with MOVE.L reads from the card. More details
(spanish, but Google traslate is your friend) here:
Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar wrote:
A proper QDOS driver is still needed. That remainds me of a thing I'd like to
know and it's not very clear in the documentation I've read: for a directory
device driver, I see that I have to implement high level file routines (OPEN,
CLOSE, READ, WRITE,
Unfortunately yes. There is no abstraction layer between hardware and
file system.
Well... that's not necessarily bad news. That means that I can implement FAT and
thus, easing file sharing between PC and QL :)
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Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar wrote:
Unfortunately yes. There is no abstraction layer between hardware and
file system.
Well... that's not necessarily bad news. That means that I can implement FAT
and
thus, easing file sharing between PC and QL :)
It was always possible to implement
Seems to be too late now, but this really sounds like a perfect case
for Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/
It's a crowd-funding site, people can say hey, I have this cool
project and if 100 people pledge to spend 50€ on it, it will be built.
If not, no money is lost. Most projects are
On 13/06/2012 10:21, thorsten herbert wrote:
Seems to be too late now, but this really sounds like a perfect case
for Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/
It's a crowd-funding site, people can say hey, I have this cool
project and if 100 people pledge to spend 50€ on it, it will be built.
The external ROM port solution seems a more sensible way to go as it
addresses both issues, but then we are left with someone needing the
time to redesign the whole interface (time is Peter's main issue here)
Can this be may of use? It was published on the spanish
Rich Mellor wrote, on 13/Jun/12 10:38 | Jun13:
On 13/06/2012 10:21, thorsten herbert wrote:
Seems to be too late now, but this really sounds like a perfect case
for Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/
It's a crowd-funding site, people can say hey, I have this cool
project and if 100
On 13/06/2012 11:12, thorsten herbert wrote:
The external ROM port solution seems a more sensible way to go as it
addresses both issues, but then we are left with someone needing the
time to redesign the whole interface (time is Peter's main issue here)
Can this be may of use? It was published
That is another QL-SD project which I don't recall ever hearing about.
Interestingly it looks as though the driver is only 4K !!
I have emailed Miguel directly to see where he is with this.
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On 11/06/2012 16:56, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I think the key advantage for an SD-card project is something Urs
already said years ago, that it might appeal to computer collectors.
These are not terribly interested in the QL per se but might pay
something if it enables them to transfer files to one
Morning all,
On 12/06/12 09:58, Rich Mellor wrote:
It is just a shame that there was not all this enthusiasm and discussion
some months ago when Adrian needed to see some interest in the QL-SD
Interface.
Agreed. I think it's truly wonderful that people are still putting
effort and time and
On 12/06/2012 10:29, Norman Dunbar wrote:
Morning all,
On 12/06/12 09:58, Rich Mellor wrote:
It is just a shame that there was not all this enthusiasm and discussion
some months ago when Adrian needed to see some interest in the QL-SD
Interface.
Agreed. I think it's truly wonderful that
On 12/06/2012 09:58, Rich Mellor wrote:
On 11/06/2012 16:56, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I think the key advantage for an SD-card project is something Urs
already said years ago, that it might appeal to computer collectors.
These are not terribly interested in the QL per se but might pay
something if
Adrian Ives wrote:
I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from
developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer
practical to devote resources to such a small (almost non-existent)
market,
and I need to concentrate my energies elsewhere.
Sad
It's a bit of an over-simplification to lay the reasoning for my
decision to withdraw solely on the lack of interest. It has more to do
with simple economics. It costs money to buy the stock to build the
units. As I have said before about the Ser-USB, unless the stock can be
bought in bulk, it is
Adrian Ives wrote:
It's a bit of an over-simplification to lay the reasoning for my
decision to withdraw solely on the lack of interest. It has more to do
with simple economics. It costs money to buy the stock to build the
units. As I have said before about the Ser-USB, unless the stock can be
Hi Adrian,
am very sorry to read your news! You have done a great job and I was very happy
to see some movement and new hardware developments! My plan was to wait still
the SD project is ready and than make my old QL working again which anyhow
needs some repair ...
In general as I see it,
Adrian Ives wrote:
I have sent the most recent sources to Peter Graf just a few minutes ago.
The code may be placed in the public domain, but it is up to Peter how
he wishes to move forward with it. I regret that I cannot offer any
support with the drivers as I am moving on to other projects,
Adrian Ives wrote:
I have sent the most recent sources to Peter Graf just a few minutes ago.
The code may be placed in the public domain, but it is up to Peter how
he wishes to move forward with it. I regret that I cannot offer any
support with the drivers as I am moving on to other
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net wrote:
Adrian Ives wrote:
I have sent the most recent sources to Peter Graf just a few minutes ago.
The code may be placed in the public domain, but it is up to Peter how
he wishes to move forward with it. I regret that I
Dave Park wrote:
Of course, no idea if any hardware development for the QL could ever
be commercially successfully nowadays, but it might have made for a
nice KickStarter project to gauge real interest.
Having worked it out myself for my own projects, I know they'd never
be commercially
I think the key advantage for an SD-card project is something Urs
already said years ago, that it might appeal to computer collectors.
These are not terribly interested in the QL per se but might pay
something if it enables them to transfer files to one of their
collector items without too much
Dave,
I've no problem with doing that but right now I don't have the time to
take it forward. I will put the schematics and code online just as soon
as I can get around to it ... but it won't be anytime soon.
Adrian
www.memorylanecomputing.com
On 10/06/2012 03:42, Dave Park wrote:
Adrian,
On 09/06/2012 18:16, Adrian Ives wrote:
I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from
developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer
practical to devote resources to such a small (almost non-existent)
market, and I need to concentrate my
I have sent the most recent sources to Peter Graf just a few minutes ago.
The code may be placed in the public domain, but it is up to Peter how
he wishes to move forward with it. I regret that I cannot offer any
support with the drivers as I am moving on to other projects, but the
code is very
In message 4fd3850a.5090...@memorylanecomputing.com, Adrian Ives
adrian.i...@memorylanecomputing.com writes
I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from
developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer
practical to devote resources to such a
I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from
developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer
practical to devote resources to such a small (almost non-existent)
market, and I need to concentrate my energies elsewhere.
Unfortunately this means
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Adrian Ives
adrian.i...@memorylanecomputing.com wrote:
I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from
developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer
practical to devote resources to such a small (almost
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