In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Norman Dunbar wrote: > >> I suspect you'll find that scholls nowadays are all 'mainstream' in that >> they have a pile of PCs running Windows. They are, after all, training the >> 'yoof of today' to be able to work in the offices of today, or the next > >Maybe I wasn't clear... :o) > >Old PC XTs used to be able to share some of the functionality of the beeb, >but now we have these superfast, PCI-only (no ISA) PCs, they just CAN'T do >a lot of the things they used to, without very very expensive cards. We're >not talking about computer departments, we're talking about >technology/engineering departments, where robotics, data >acquisition/control practical work is done... > >> I'd love to see the QL 'bounce back' but I'm afraid I'm very sceptical when >> ideas are put forward to get it going as a 'mainstream' computer. I'm sad to >> say that the QL - and its derivatives - are more than likely destined to >> remain a hobby. > >I agree with you on this! The QL will not be making any kind of >resurgence. However, elements of the QL can go forward in other things, >and in such a way that the community benefits. If we had a really compact >embedded board with serial/IR keyboard/programming in BASIC (a bit like a >super BASIC STAMP module, but more powerful ;) it could sell by the >bucketload. > >It's all a case of what can we convince people to buy, and still benefit >the community from. Yes, there is a market in this kind of specialism ... provided it can be programmed from any 'mainstream' computer host. The Lego Mindstorms 'brick' is a popular one right now. -- Malcolm Cadman
