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From: thorsten herbert
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:42 AM
Subject: [Ql-Users] New QL Hardware
>Hi,
>I've just looked at the fpgaarcade project and it does seem to support
>all we ne
>Hi,
>I've just looked at the fpgaarcade project and it does seem to support
>all we need in terms of hardware and as you point out avoids reinventing
>the wheel. It also has plenty of spare IO, so in theory the old QL
>keyboard could be connected up. Also all connectors are through hole, so
>
>Thanks Thorsten. That link has a lot of very useful facts about the
>FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) chips and the programming
>languages involved etc. A good overview, and an interesting read in
>their forum about developing ST and Amiga type boards from these FPGAs
>too.
>
>I thought t
On 16/03/2011 10:36, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
thorsten herbert wrote:
Hi,
Interesting project, thanks for the link. I also think that there are
already useable 68k projects out and posted the link to the
www.fpgaarcade.com a week ago. My knowledge about this hardware
developments is too limited but I
Considering the small number of QL users, the response to my SD card
ideas for the original QL was overwhelming. Thank you Dilwyn for
your
QUANTA coverage, I had positive feedback outside ql-users as well.
It was a hard decision whether to design an SD card interface or
not,
because I won't b
Hi,
I've just looked at the fpgaarcade project and it does seem to support
all we need in terms of hardware and as you point out avoids reinventing
the wheel. It also has plenty of spare IO, so in theory the old QL
keyboard could be connected up. Also all connectors are through hole, so
it wou
Hi,
as for a major native QL hardware, I won't comment on my project state or
features. This is because I wish to concentrate on the actual work without
public pressure and communication overhead. I'm cooperating with several
competent persons, and a larger team wouldn't be efficient at the mom
thorsten herbert wrote:
Hi,
Interesting project, thanks for the link. I also think that there
are
already useable 68k projects out and posted the link to the
www.fpgaarcade.com a week ago. My knowledge about this hardware
developments is too limited but I would be happy if somebody of the
speci
Hi,
Interesting project, thanks for the link. I also think that there are already
useable 68k projects out and posted the link to the www.fpgaarcade.com a week
ago. My knowledge about this hardware developments is too limited but I would
be happy if somebody of the specialist could just post an
All,
when listening to all this (admittedly interesting) talks about possible
revival of "quasi-native" QL hardware, the following questions should be
answered:
"What is native QL hardware"
"what did it make special 25 years ago"
"what of this would we still want/need today"
1. Had a Motoro
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