On 17/02/2011 10:04, Bryan Horstmann wrote:
On 14/02/2011 09:19, Plastic wrote:
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This leads me towards wanting to make a considered and well formed
appeal to
people to release some of these machines back into the wild. Do you
know a
teenager who has an interest in old computers? Give them a QL and
take them
under your wing and show them the fun of the platform. Tell them if they
don't fall in love with it, they can return it to you and it's all good.
If everyone with an extra QL (beyond the necessary spare, of course)
found
one person to pass our passion on to, two things would happen:
First, there would be HUNDREDS of new QL users, filled with enthusiasm,
writing new software and making us feel old.
Second, these people would want to buy software, add-ons, and new
hardware,
or if they're taken in by speed, they'll happily buy QPC2.
This is good for everyone, all round.
Dave
Young folk will often be interested in games, which I cannot help
with. I did have a contact from a chap who had re-visited Spectrum by
way of emulator. He knew of the QL and wanted to find out more, but
would probably rely on emulation. He took away a year's old Quanta to
go through, but looking through one with me, he couldn't understand
what was being referred to by name. Now, there have recently been
enquiries "who is interested in a backplane". I don't know what a
backplane is, and QLwiki is no help; similarly for Aurora - what is
it? We must ensure that beginners (and even long-time users like
myself) can easily find out what is being talking about, without
risking ridicule by asking.
Bryan
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A backplane is an expansion bus, allowing you to connect more than one
peripheral to the QL - the problem is all in the terminology - search
for QL-Bus on QL Wiki and you will see a picture of one.
There is still lots of information to be added to QL Wiki - any
volunteers to help ?
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