Apart from the fact that you would need several orders of magnitude more processor power and a massive operating system rewrite to drive that little lot, it's a grand idea. ;)
Honestly, I think the future of the QL - as with most retro computing - lies in emulation, but that doesn't have to be limited to emulation under Windows, MacOS or Linux. ... but I like the sound of an SD card reader emulating a microdrive. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Privett Sent: 29 January 2011 01:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new versionof QDOSMSQ? Part of the charm of the QL is the distinctive black box look so lets keep it as is (although I do like the 'pimp my QLs' seen here and there), if Quanta or others are looking for new projects to keep the QL alive then emulating everything that the current PC/MAC world has, is hardly exciting if the existing QL hardware doesn't meet even the most of todays basic computer standards (how will that attract new blood to the QL hive?). So shouldn't the expansion slot be revisited with a small harddrive + memory, the display output replaced by an HDMI port, the tv modulator output replaced by USB2 or USB3 connector, the microdrive with an SD card slot, net1 and net1 3.5 sockets replaced by audio in and out and QDOSMSQ is a plugin flashrom, I dont see what the problem is :-) Lee Privett ------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my Laptop running XP but emulating the QL using QPC2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new versionof QDOSMSQ? > In message <[email protected]>, Norman Dunbar > <[email protected]> writes > > Hi Norman, > > Something for everyone ... :-) > > All of the things that you list are quite technical considerations. > > Most users you want something that does something very well without > them having to bother too much about it. > > Hence the embedded capabilities being shown by mobile phones and > ipads, etc. > > The new way or working is moving towards being a more intuitive > interaction between human and machine - hence hand movement and touch, > etc. > > So, a new OS would have to be a new paradigm, in the first place. > >>I may regret starting this, but as the subject says, what would you >>like to see in QDOSMSQ given that we were starting from scratch with >>the intention of writing a completely new OS? >> >>Disclaimer: No, I'm NOT thinking of writing one! >> >>For me, the following: >> >>* Ability to hook into the OS from any language, Basic, Assembler, C, >>whatever. >> >>* A windowing system that is simple to use. From any language. >> >>* Libraries that applications can link to at run time, as opposed to >>static linking at compile time. >> >>* Multitasking, obviously! >> >>* A file system that is not restricted to 36 characters. See >>http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2009/05/whats-wrong-with-this-file >>-system/ >>for a pseudo-rant on the matter. >> >>* Industry standard floating point format. >> >>* Industry standard graphics format(s) - PNG, for example. JPG if we >>must! SVG would be nice. >> >>* Speed and efficiency! ;-) >> >> >>Cheers, >>Norman. > > -- > Malcolm Cadman > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
