Q68
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:53:58 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ql-Users] A seat in the lifeboat? > > Hi, > > since the turn of the century, I invested a lot of time into some QL > hardware and software projects. Except the Q60 Graphics Card, all of > them actually worked, and have been shown to a few friends. > > I didn't have the motivation to finish them. For a long time, the reason > was that I saw the requirement for a free QL operating system first. I > spent time on that area, trying to help others who had a similar goal. > But we did noch achieve a breakthrough, and my other projects suffered. > > Life has changed, time has become even shorter nowadays. It is > absolutely unrealistic that all my projects can be released someday. But > maybe I can rescue at least *one* of them, before all work is lost forever. > > Everything related to my Coldfire based Q60 successor makes no sense > anymore. The point was high speed, but todays PCs are so fast that > emulation easily beats it. Here are those projects which might still > have relevance: > > * QLwIP: QL native TCP/IP support, and some applications for it like > email, webserver, browser etc. > > * QLPUI: A modern GUI for QDOS, with themes and proportional fonts. Runs > on native hardware and on emulators. A simple demo can be found at > http://terdina.net/ql/software.html > > * Q60 Graphics Card: Flatscreen monitor support and other improvements > for the Q60 > > * QLMMC: An SD/MMC card adaptor for the parallel port of Q60 and > SuperGoldCard, easy to plug in, but speed only similar to floppy > > * QLSD: Internal SDHC card "harddisk" for the original QL, using the > microdrive slots > > * Q68: Native QL computer on a 8x10 cm board, flatscreen support, SDHC > cards, sound, SER, ethernet. CPU is within an FPGA chip. Runs both QDOS > Classic and Minerva. The operating systems themselves seem to work > allright by now, also Basic and some programs. Other programs might > never work, I suspect further bugs in the CPU. > > Which project deserves a seat in the lifeboat? Which one would *you* > prefer to see finished - even if it comes with limitations? > > All the best > Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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
