On 27 Nov 2009, at 07:56, John wrote: > > After the QL meeting last night where some were moving Archive databases over > to a MySQL system and others were discussing emulators, we had a general > discussion. One of the things raised was the range of different systems. With > that in mind, it is about time we had another survey as the last one was back > in 2004. It would be nice to have the results available to all and so I > propose not collecting any data that is personable. Is this sensible? > > If the results are for the whole community do you have any burning questions > that you would like answered? > > Below are the draft questions based on the the last survey and the > improvements that Tony made when he put it on-line. > > Do you have any suggestions for other questions or even a better way to > phrase > the questions below? > > > > 1 About your QL: > What is your main system (original QL includes non-processor expansions)? > Original QL QL + Goldcard QL + SuperGoldCard Aurora + GoldCard > Aurora + > SuperGoldCard Q40 Q60 CST Thor Other hardware system Emulator >
This question clashes with 2 below. I suggest that here you ask just about the hardware. Eg Original QL but not Original QL+. This boils down to something like: QL, QXL, Q40, Q60, Emulator, Other hardware. Also, the question "what is your main system" could perhaps be "which of your computers do you use most". That would apply to me anyway. > If you use an emulator which? QDOS4Amiga QDOS classic for Amiga > Q-emuLator > Q-emuLator for Mac QL2K QLAY QLATter QLAY2 QLem for Atari > QPC QPC II win-uQLx > uQLx Mac OS X uQLx Other > > What do you use your system to do? Hobby Games Personal correspondence > Writing > Business use Programming Data collection System control Faxing > Other > > > > 2 About your peripherals: > Do you have expanded QLs (more than 128K RAM and/or Floppy disk interfaces)? > Yes No > If yes, what type? SuperGoldCard GoldCard TrumpCard Medic > SuperQboard > ExpandeRAM Cumana Technology Research Qdisk Qjump Sandy Datel > Other > > Have you put your system in a different casing? Yes No > If yes, what back plane did you use? Mplane Qplane Other > > Do you have a QL derivative? Yes No > If yes, which? Thor Q40 Q60 CST Other > > Do you have an Aurora card? Yes No > > Do you have any Minerva I2C expansions? Yes No > If yes, which? Analogue Parallel Power Relays Temp > Sensor > > Do you have a RomDisq? Yes No > If yes, what size? 2MB 4MB 8MB > > Do you have a QEPIII eprom programmer? Yes No > > Do you have a Qcontroll I/O board? Yes No > > Do you have a Hermes chip? Yes No > > Do you have a superHermes? Yes No > > Do you use an additional keyboard? Yes No > If yes, which? Di-Ren Falkenburg superHermes Schoen > Keyboard Products Other > > Do you use a mouse? Yes No > If yes, which? Qimi Sermouse ICE superHermes > Hardware mouse Other > > Do you have a QL connected printer? Yes No > If yes, what is the model? > > Do you have floppy disk drives on your system? Yes No > Perhaps you should ask what types of floppy, DD, HD, ED and 5 1/4". > Do you use a hard disk on your QL? Yes No > If yes, what is the total size? > How does it interface? qubide Miracle Rebel CST Falkenburg > Other > > Do you have CD-ROM access on your system? Yes No > > > > 3 Quanta section: > Have you visited the Quanta website at http://www.quanta.org.uk ? Yes > No > > If yes, how often do you visit? > > Are you/have you been a Quanta member? Yes No > > When did you first join Quanta? > > If you have left, when did you leave? > > Why did you leave? > > Do you own a copy of the current Quanta library? Yes No > > Have you ever contacted the Quanta helpline? Yes No > > Are there any topics you would like covered in the newsletter? > > Would you be willing to write for Quanta? Yes No > > Have you attended a Quanta workshop? Yes No > > What was the most valuable thing for you about attending? > > What could be done better? > > What could be improved about the Quanta newsletter? > > Do you receive the Quanta newsletter by email? Yes No > > What could Quanta do to help you? > > > > 4 Your software: > What Operating System do you use? QDOS Minerva SMSQ/E Argos Other > > Do you use a Pointer Environment? Yes No > > Do you use LaunchPad? Yes No > > Do you use QDT? Yes No > > Do you use the GD2 drivers? Yes No > > Do you use the office suites Psion4/Exchange? Yes No > > Do you use ArcPlus (PC Archive derivative)? Yes No > > Do you use a word processor? Quill Perfection Text87 The Editor > Paragraph > Other None > > Do you use a spreadsheet? Abacus Qspread Other None > > Do you play QL games? Yes No > > What other programs do you use? > > > > 5 Other: > Do you have Internet access? Yes No > > Do you subscribe to the ql-users mailing list? Yes No > (see http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm/ for details ) > > Have you visited the QL Wiki at http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki/ ? > Yes > No > > Do you have CD-ROM access on your system? Yes No > > What new software would you like to see for your system? > > What new QL hardware would you like to see? > > Do you have an interest in doing software development? Yes No > If yes, in what areas? > > Do you have an interest in doing hardware development? Yes No > If yes, in what areas? > > Any general comments for the community? > It would be interesting to see the survey's results. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
