In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I would be interested in sourcing a new development of SGCs (must write to >Stuart about this), but I do wonder how many people would still be willing >to pay £200-£300 for a SGC nowadays. Certainly with a need to make 50 >boards to make it worthwhile, I am not certain there would be a big enough >market, especially with "only" 4MB RAM ! > >Rich I would guess that some of the parts for the Cards are either no longer available, or not available at a reasonable cost. Whereas an upgrade could use more recent and probably cheaper parts, with more capacity too. As well some new features. Of course, this would involve a re-design of the circuit board. Probably name it the EGC - Extreme Gold Card ... ? 1GB or more flash RAM ... ? ... :-) >On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:18:55 -0000, Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, hitchies >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >>> Re: Jan's - >>> ========= >>> I wonder if anyone here has some spare (not used) GC or SGC for sale? My >>> QL has only superQboard with 512k RAM, which is good, but not enough (ZX >>> emulator is demanding). I would appreciate if you could drop me an >>> email. Thank you and sorry for the ad.. >>> ============ >>> >>> Such an ad. no problem here! But (today) if you find a GC or SGC 'not >>> used' >>> you will succeed where many others have failed. But, if so, please >>> reveal >>> your source(s) here! :-) >> >> Yes, it is an irony that both Gold Cards and Super Gold Cards are in >> demand now, as they are no longer being produced. >> >> As well a successor not having been developed too ... -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
