Hi Norman, The Trump Card will give you bags of extra memory (an extra 640k on top of the base 128k IIRC), the ability to plug in DD floppy disks (720k/disk), and the always-useful Tony Tebby Toolkit II (aka Toolkit 2, or TK2).
If you're currently lacking any expansion on your QL, then a Trump Card is worth having for the disk interface & memory. A Gold Card (or Super Gold Card, if you're one of the lucky few) will not only bring you bags of extra RAM (2MB or 4MB for GC or SGC respectively), a disk interface capable of driving DD, HD and ED drives (720K, 1.44MB (?) and 3.2MB per disk) - but most importantly it also replaces the CPU with (if I remember correctly) a 68020 or 68040 (GC, SGC) - or maybe it's a 68000/68020, I forget. At any rate, it goes a lot faster... GCs and SGCs are (rightly) considered the Rolls Royce of original equipment upgrades, before you get into the various QL-on-a-PC-card systems (sorry, can't remember it's name) and QL emulators. Other things you might find useful to expand/improve your QL: Minerva ROMs (which make many improvements over base QDOS); SuperHERMES which IIRC much improves serial i/o & keyboard response (and also IIRC allows you to add an IBM type keyboard with relatively little aggro). Then there's QBIDE - a hard-disk interface; no longer manufactured, and I'd like one of those myself... Considering the relatively low level of sales Sinclair suffered (despite apparent evidence to the contrary on eBay - there's always plenty of QL stuff on sale there), it's remarkable just how much add-on hardware, and software, was - and in some cases still is - developed for it. Cheers! Ade. (using QLs since 1984!) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 March 2008 00:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] (no subject) Thanks for all your advice, guys. I missed the Gold Card auction :( but I have seen this one http://uk.four.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?auction=1200854905-28140-8&mo=aucti on for a Trump Card? I can see it isn't as much of an uprade as the Gold Cards, but is it worth having? Cheers, Norm >Hello Norman (Cook) > >Welcome to the list. Exciting days lie ahead for you and your QL! > >Re your question - Is this (Gold Card) the sort of thing you need to >beef up your QL? > >[Short] Answer: yes! But be aware that there is another and better >version - 'Super Gold Card'. > >Is there a list member who can point Norman to the current web-pages of >QL tech info - rather than me re-inventing the wheel for him? :-) Please. > >Have fun Norman(C) ... and, of course, all other #Normans hereabouts - >and especially, do I like the 'kilter', of the newest web-site - just >announced here ;-) Look forward to more @ same. Thanks. > >Regards to all > >John (in Wales) > > > >_______________________________________________ >QL-Users Mailing List >http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: 16/03/2008 10:34 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: 16/03/2008 10:34 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
