Neil Riley wrote:
>>>> I seem to remember these items appearing originally. Are they still used
>>>> today or are they museum pieces?
>>> They were very slow (remember the QL serial port is only capable of 19K.
>>> and only reliable for reception at 9K!) To get 56K you would need to
>>> upgrade your QL with a SuperHermes (£53 new from Tony Firshman). Then
>>> you could use a conventional serial modem, which are still made: I have
>>> one with my PC (£30 new). No broadband, though!
>>> Jon Dent's soQL-PPP has got as far as giving email access, but not (yet)
>>> web access. When (if?) the latter comes, there's already a QL version of
>>> Lynx for browsing.
>>> Until then, the only way to browse the web on a QL seems to be by
>>> finding a secondhand copy of the MSDOS emulator, PC Conqueror, and
>>> running Arachne (graphical) or Bobcat (text).
>>> However, I remember that the Minix operating system was ported to the
>>> QL, which should be faster than a DOS emulator. If you could get that, I
>>> assume it would be possible to compile and run a Linux/Unix version of
>>> Lynx.
>
> So, my interpretation is that, The SuperHermes (lite?) replaces the 8049
> co-processor
> which is pretty rubbish at the job it does (not through fault of it's own).
> This plus my
> old PACE 56k modem would in theory, with other software in development,
> allow dial up internet access sometime in the future, or via an alternative
> operating
> systems or msdos emulation running something else. The point is, it is
> possible should
> I really want to use my QL ( original QL, not a PC cased variant ) for Web
> access. I
> think that is a remarkable achievement !
I too like the original hardware, or QL specific hardware like Aurora or
Q40. I have never been happy with looking at a picture of a QL screen
inside Windows!
With superHermes *any* fast modem will work and download for a short
time at full speed. If you don't have at least Gold Card then input will
slow down a bit.
I reckon if you run SMSQ on a machine with Godl Card or Super Gold Card
then it would all work OK. It seems SMSQ has easy http support.
Now *displaying* is a different matter (8-)#
Tony
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