Dave, it my help those like me with less knowledge of such things to know exactly what QL'ers could make use of a back plane for, plugging in additional peripherals such as floppy drive adapter are already realised with through connections on the memory unit. Lee - Back to the QL- ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Park To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:35 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] Backplanes...
Hi all, After a bit of back and forth, it looks like I will be assembling the remaining stock of Tony Firshman's Mplane. If it happens, they will be available in about 2-3 months. For those that don't remember, the MPlane offers 3 expansion ports and has a 4-pin power connector to take power from a standard AT power supply. It also has a ROM port. This design is great for fitting in smaller cases because it folds back on the QL in a very slimline way. However, AT cases and power supplies are not the easiest to find, and don't have the best form factors any more. There are some interesting slimline and lightweight ATX cases available. I have been asked if it would be possible to do an ATX version or adaptor for this type of backplane. This came up in 2002-3 too, so the need must be even stronger now. My thinking is that many might like this within the QL community, and it would certainly be useful in many other applications so we can have our parts subsidised by wider sales - as with the battery adaptor PCB. Is there much interest in this? Dave _______________________________________________ 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
