Ask the Questions in a formal proposal to the Quanta Committee and see what comes out of the resulting discussions. Nothing has been ruled out at this moment as far as I am concerned.
John Gilpin. Quanta Treasurer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quanta > > > > I for one would use a QuBide with another IDE slot on it. > > > > Do not forget that it has an Ethernet port on it, flash rom plus > more > > bells and whistles than your average coffee maker :-) > In terms of software drivers, what would Ethernet require to connect > to other computers on a network? Would one driver be it (i.e. largely > device independen to use QL-speak) or would it need various drivers > depending on what it was hoping to connect to? > > What I'm getting at (not being familar with PC networks) is would you > need a driver to access Ethernet in general (or another QL on > ethernet), another driver to access a PC over a network, another > driver to talk to a printer hub, another to talk to a Mac etc etc. I > am still smarting a bit from other QL hardware like Aurora which for > all their promised merits (no blame fired at anyone here) were not > fully usable until the drivers eventually came along (thinking of > Aurora 256 colours which were not fully supported until Marcel took > the law into his own hands). > > You can probably see what I'm hinting at, if drivers are an issue, and > we were asking Quanta to assist with development costs, need this only > apply to the hardware or do we need to think of the software costs > too. > > -- > Dilwyn Jones >
