>>I can't ever see a QL being reduced to such a simple
>> design as this to be made for 50 pounds or so.
>
>I think that is possible to do a very cheap QL. Indeed
>the 68328 Dragonball has everything needed, except
>RAM/ROM of course and I heard that it would costs around
>one $ in series production.
If this is the case, it looks more possible than I thought.
>The most expensive components would be a 512x256
>with 4 shades of grey LCD screen (I never found one,
>I think that it should be developped, anyone else give it
>a try?) and the housing.
Forget the display for this type of gadget - give it a video output.
The one I bought my son only has composite video and mono audio out
(via phonos, phono to SCART leads supplied for most modern TV sets)
and uhf out, picture qualty acceptable for this type of device.
>But it could do a lot more than everything else comparable
>in the stores today.
Agreed.
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