Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
> What is the easiest way to connect a QL to a modern VGA or HDMI monitor?  If you are not already on there, I'd seriously consider joining The QL Forum www.qlforum.co.uk You can read the articles without signing up, but signing up is completely free and allows you to post questions,

Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-06 Thread RWAP Software via Ql-Users
You can see the range of currently available expansion options on sellmyretro: https://www.sellmyretro.com/search/naturalSearch?keyword=ql+interface There is also the vDriveQL and the QL-SD Interface (both are currently out of stock). More info on the vDriveQL appears at

Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-06 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
Hi Michael, > What is the easiest way to connect a QL to a modern VGA or HDMI monitor? The only converters which work for me at all, are the GBS-8220 and similar. These are VGA converters. I find picture quality poor compared to a suitable CRT monitor, but at least I can work. All my attempts

Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-05 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
There's a lot of forks in the road for you. There are emulators, that give you a functioning QL on your PC or Mac. Hundreds of times faster, modern storage, semi-modern display capabilities with higher resolutions and more colors. If you want to stick with original hardware, there's a few

[Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-05 Thread Michael R. Furman via Ql-Users
Hello, I’ve been lurking on this list for many years and never posted, so I thought I’d introduce myself before asking my QL Newbie questions. Even though I’m in the US I've grown up with (Timex/)Sinclair computers around probably like many of you on this list. While it was not the first