> I notice a chap on ebay selling an add on for the spectrum which > allows an SD card > to be slotted in, It has it's own firmware and thus commands for the > spectrum. Oh yes, > a 1Gb + card would easily hold all spectrum software, a boom to an > old gamer like > myself. I think it costs around £70 ( minus the SD card ) which is > not bad at all. I know > this has been banded about before re the QL but the question begs to > be asked, > when and how much? > > Cheers > Neil It was Peter "Q60" Graf who dropped hints about the SD and MMC card interface for QL systems. He said it works via the Super Gold Card parallel port. Unfortunately, I don't know when he plans to make it available, although I do know he has working prototypes, including working software.
In a similar vein, if USB ever becomes a reality for us, USB pen drives are getting dirt cheap at the moment. cclonline.com advertised 1GB ones for just £5.99 in Micro Mart fairly recently, for example (a very effective advert, showing the little pen drive alongside a big pile of 711 equivalent floppies!). Time to revive the idea of "QL On A Stick" again perhaps! Obviously, if USB hardware came along, things like this would need software drivers. I'd probably go as far as to suggest that these pen drives should get the first QL drivers! After all, many QLers did without hard disks and quite happily used an 8MB RomDisq! -- Dilwyn Jones _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
