Tony Firshman wrote: > snip > Hear hear hear hear hear hear hear - very nice to 'see' someone who > fully understands the position of the 'traders' in the QL scene now.
I think most of us understand traders position Tony, its just our unreasonable expectations that we don't want to give up ( new hardware/software every couple of months - at basement bargain prices of course) > I make a whopping loss simply on costs, but that includes the US trips. > Mind you I had a caller the other day looking for 200 8049s - I popped > up near the top of a Google search. "Do you have any?" "Yes" I replied, > "but you won't want them". He had already guessed I only had programmed > QL versions. He did know about 8749s - but couldn't find any. I went > to my usual supplier (non-catalogue) and he got them and 200 2732s for a > very good price. I made more in that deal, which took 20 minutes than > in the last seven years of QL trading - seriously. > ... so QL trading does have some side benefits. > > Even better, in our conversation I talked about superHermes. That is > (as you Dexter may not know) a plug in replacement for the 8749. > It emerged when I met them yesterday with the chips, that they are > thinking positively about a plug in board, so that they can sample food > density more quickly (yes that is what the machine does) and link with a > PC. It looks like I will be getting the job. Well done All the best - Bill
