I agree with Derek ... ;-) <>
Il giorno 14/set/2013, alle ore 20:53, "Derek Stewart" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > On 14/09/13 13:53, Peter Graf wrote: >> 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 > Hi, > > I think: > > 1: Q68 > 2: QLMMC > 3: QLwIP/QLPUI > 4: QLSD or Q60 Grpahics Card > > So basically I think all should be done. > > regards, > > Derek > _______________________________________________ > 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
