I have always wanted to take the existing QL mainboard schematic and do an
updated version with improved power, and on-board IDE, floppy and mouse, and
a 680X0 and faster memory. Something like Peter Graf's work, but all on one
replacement PCB. I understand it's not the most viable project,
On 4 Feb 2011, at 20:09, Geoff Wicks wrote:
Until 2005 an item on the agenda of the AGM was always Any Other Business.
When John Mason became chairman he ruled that Any Other Business was
unconstitutional. Instead we now have an open discussion which does not
have decision making
On 04/02/2011 03:17, Plastic wrote:
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Dilwyn Jones
dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote:
Sad though that, as Tobias said, it seems that Jan has no plans to do any
further work on the 'new' Qubide.
Dilwyn Jones
If I had a schematic and code, I would be happy to
On 4 Feb 2011, at 00:01, Peter Baily wrote:
I shall continue to use the QL notwithstanding its lack of internet
access because, as I noted before, it enables me to devise routines to
do what I need without the clutter of what someone else thinks I should
have.
'
This hits my nail on the
Billy wrote, on 4/Feb/11 10:54 | Feb4:
On 03/02/2011 21:23, Tobias Fröschle wrote:
Am 03.02.2011 21:09, schrieb Dilwyn Jones:
snip
his plans for the replacement Qubide (http://omega.webnode.com/ or
http://omega.webnode.com/products/product-1/) - Anybody still in
snip
Hello readers, there
ooh look here
http://www.qlforum.co.uk/download/file.php?id=28mode=view
Lee Privett
-
Sent from my Laptop running XP
but emulating the QL using QPC2
I would venture - more beneficial would be the USB port, lots and lots
of USB HDD
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote:
Billy wrote, on 4/Feb/11 10:54 | Feb4:
On 03/02/2011 21:23, Tobias Fröschle wrote:
Am 03.02.2011 21:09, schrieb Dilwyn Jones:
snip
his plans for the replacement Qubide (http://omega.webnode.com/ or
--
From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:30 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
speaking as member D.Jones, not as committee member for this email
Of course, but the most
--- On Wed, 2/2/11, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.com wrote:
From: Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.com
Subject: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
To: ql-users ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Date: Wednesday, 2 February, 2011, 20:39
Last weekend several people
castigated me for suggesting that Quanta should be
On 02/02/2011 23:18, Peter Graf wrote:
Hi Geoff,
Last weekend several people castigated me for suggesting that Quanta
should be wound up.
Now it's time to see if you are prepared to put your money where your
mouths are.
I guess QUANTA members benefit more if my time goes into QL hardware and
On 02/02/2011 22:25, Lee Privett wrote:
Taking what has been said at face value and as a returning member of
Quanta and living in the south east I am both excited and saddened by
the current state of affairs, my response to each point is as follows:
1: QUANTA MAGAZINE - I would volanteer for
The Quanta website should not be too difficult, as it is built
around a content management system, so updating the content should
be a matter of just editing the text.
--
Rich Mellor
If only it were that simple! I've used CMS'es in work over the years
and they generally are, when they work.
On 03/02/2011 10:33, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
The Quanta website should not be too difficult, as it is built around
a content management system, so updating the content should be a
matter of just editing the text.
--
Rich Mellor
If only it were that simple! I've used CMS'es in work over the years
Rich Mellor wrote:
However, this year, as I am no longer able to subsidise my business
through full time employment, I am seriously having to look at the
cost of staying overnight in Manchester and with current attendance
levels, wonder whether a 2 day show is justifiable, or whether Quanta
Now that we finally seem close to new QL hardware, I wonder if it's
the
right time to ask for another decline in QUANTA activities.
I rarely attend an AGM, but I consider to come this year. If I find
the
time, I would demonstate some of the QL projects I had started but
abandoned due to the
Geoff wicks wrote:
Last weekend several people castigated me for suggesting that Quanta should
be wound up.
Now it's time to see if you are prepared to put your money where your mouths
are.
I am not asking you to to do anything drastic like joining the committee, but
something more
Peter Baily wrote, on 3/Feb/11 13:11 | Feb3:
snip
However, we should not be surprised that most
people use PCs; after all this exchange of views, news, etc. would not
exist unless we were using PCs.
By PCs I take it you mean machines running Windows.
I access this group but don't use a PC.
By PCs I take it you mean machines running Windows.
I access this group but don't use a PC.
Likewise, given the definition above. But not the same as you.
Guess how. Forbidden fruit is a clue (8-)#
Um, is a pineapple?
:-)
Cheers,
Norman.
--
Norman Dunbar
Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
On 3 Feb 2011, at 14:24, Tony Firshman wrote:
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 3/Feb/11 14:19 | Feb3:
By PCs I take it you mean machines running Windows.
I access this group but don't use a PC.
Likewise, given the definition above. But not the same as you.
Guess how. Forbidden fruit is a clue
Any new hardware for th QL is always welcome especially if it enables people
who have never upgraded to upgrade to something that extends the life of the
QL or brings it up to date with current technology in some small way. For
those of us that emulate through a variety of OS's, hardware
who have missed the whole move through Gold Card/Super Gold
Card/Q40/Q60 phase and are unable to do anything with with their
128K QLs either. So my question is are there enough QL users out
there to warrant additional hardware projects? and if not, what else
can the QL be used for in its
Many thanks to all the people who have replied although we still need a lot
more replies.
I particularly like the positive content of many of the replies. Why can't
we recreate this sort of enthusiasm right throughout Quanta? After all I did
not say I wanted Quanta to close, I said the time
--
From: Peter Graf pg...@q40.de
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:18 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
I guess QUANTA members benefit more if my time goes into QL hardware and
drivers, than into the other work
--
From: Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:21 AM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
Many thanks for the email and raising these points for discussion.
Perhaps you would be so kind
I hate to disappoint some people but the idea of Quanta sponsoring a
new Gold Card is a non-starter. As I understand it the components of
the old Gold Cards are no longer available and the development of a
new one would be a complicated and risky matter. Halfway through the
last decade some
PS, I'd be able to put on an SPI interface as well. This would allow the
Microdrive units to be replaced by SD FLASH slots.
Malcolm
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On 3 February 2011 19:29, Malcolm Lear malc...@essex.ac.uk wrote:
PS, I'd be able to put on an SPI interface as well. This would allow the
Microdrive units to be replaced by SD FLASH slots.
Malcolm
That would be awesome!!
Rob.
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Are the Super Gold Card schematics available along with the CPLD
equation file?
With this info, designing a replacement using up to date components
(apart from the CPU) would be fairly easy and I'd be happy to do it
and make it open source.
Cheers
Malcolm
This would be fantastic if
- Original Message -
From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
Are the Super Gold Card schematics available along with the CPLD
equation file?
With this info, designing
In the context of putting my own money where my mouth is, I would be happy
to help in any project to rewrite the constitution.
I am not a lawyer, but I have had some legal training in the UK plus Works
Council training in the Netherlands and have had a lot of experience of
constitutions. I
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Dilwyn Jones
dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
Oops, failed to spot that some schematics at least are already on his
website (haven't looked at them in detail).
Also, I didn't stop to think that not many IDE hard disks are
available nowadays, they all seem to
In the context of putting my own money where my mouth is, I would be
happy to help in any project to rewrite the constitution.
I am not a lawyer, but I have had some legal training in the UK plus
Works Council training in the Netherlands and have had a lot of
experience of constitutions. I
Am 03.02.2011 21:09, schrieb Dilwyn Jones:
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones
dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
Are the Super Gold Card schematics available along with the CPLD
This might help though, so Qubide still an option?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IDE-SATA-Bi-Directional-Adapter/dp/B000YSMBSW
Lee Privett
-
Sent from my Laptop running XP
but emulating the QL using QPC2
This would be fantastic if
- Original Message -
From: Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
This might help though, so Qubide still an option?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IDE-SATA-Bi-Directional-Adapter/dp
I'm afraid I'm one of the apathetic subscribers but will put my head
above the parapet to comment
Having been a Quanta member since close to its inception I am happy to
continue to pay my sub. It's trivial enough to be hardly worth the
bother of cancelling the direct debit. However, I start
On 03/02/2011 22:43, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
- Original Message - From: Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check
This might help though, so Qubide still an option?
http://www.amazon.co.uk
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for participating in this discussion, Peter.
Thank _you_ for your QUANTA work!
You have always been very loyal to Quanta after the help they gave
you over the Q60.
Just for the records, the Q60 design and prototypes were all completed
and financed by me, without any help...
On 03/02/2011 16:48, ql-users-requ...@lists.q-v-d.com wrote:
Peter Baily wrote, on 3/Feb/11 13:11 | Feb3:
snip
However, we should not be surprised that most
people use PCs; after all this exchange of views, news, etc. would not
exist unless we were using PCs.
By PCs I take it you mean
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Dilwyn Jones
dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote:
Sad though that, as Tobias said, it seems that Jan has no plans to do any
further work on the 'new' Qubide.
Dilwyn Jones
If I had a schematic and code, I would be happy to (re)design anything out
there. I
Taking what has been said at face value and as a returning member of Quanta
and living in the south east I am both excited and saddened by the current
state of affairs, my response to each point is as follows:
1: QUANTA MAGAZINE - I would volanteer for editor but have very little
experience
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