If people are thinking about giving away something, please give
prefference to the friends abroad who would love to get some gear :)
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- Original Message -
From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 11:31 PM
Subject: [Ql-Users] Swap meet and update
Hi all
There will be an online Swap Meet where you can trade, sell, swap or even
give away your unwanted gear, and maybe pick up a bargain! The event will
happen on Thursday 1st May, from 6pm to 9pm UK time. All are welcome!
Features include the presence of many people in the community who can do
deals or answer questions, including:
RWAP: a random selection of QL hardware, software and accessories!
Sandy: auctioning off a prototype Sandy SuperRAM 896K expansion card, plus
a quantity of tested, formatted microdrive cartridges with new felt pads!
People like you: search your closets and draws and trade something you
don't use for something you might!
The swap meet will be held in the Marketplace section of QL Forum, and the
auction and live action swapping will be happening in the chatroom.
Forum: http://www.qlforum.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=4
Chat: http://www.qlforum.co.uk/mibbit.php
If you want to publish lists of what you have to sell or trade, or what
you're looking for, you can post them in this thread, or on the For Sale
or Wanted sections of the marketplace in anticipation of the big event.
Please hold the actual deal-making until May 1st, 6pm though!
I know, it's an experiment. Let's see how it goes. There may well be a few
well known 'celebrity faces' dropping by during the evening, so I am sure
the conversation will be lively! :)
Mark it on your calendars: May 1st, 6pm-9pm UK time.
And now an update on developments at Sandy Electronics
Microdrive felt pads
These are our best seller. Over 100 packs shipped. Combining all
unsolicited customer reports, we're seeing about a 70% success rate in
making bad microdrives usable. Sales of these has now recovered the
development cost and covered almost half the cost of developing SuperRAM.
Battery adapters
These are now shipping. I don't think any have arrived yet (they have to
go
by surface mail) but I can't wait to see peoples' reactions. They are
available in SAFT red and QL black.
QL on a Stick
Dilwyn has updated QLoS to latest versions, and has also heavily updated
the documentation. This is shipping now. Comes on a custom engraved black
USB drive that looks the part.
Minerva
We had a small setback with the Minerva MK IIs which we're working hard to
resolve. We will have a large batch of Minerva MK 1s available soon...
SuperRAM
SuperRAM is coming along nicely. It's a surprise extra project. Up to 896K
of static RAM, simply the fastest RAM expansion for the black box QL. It
shadows internal memory and video RAM too for an extra boost. Also, it has
a through connector, so it can make any floppy interface into a Trump Card
beater! Should be shipping in late June
UltimIDE
Not much to report here. There is progress. I have laser etched the
CompactFlash cards that will be included. They look amazing. There will be
a lot more to report in 3-4 weeks... :)
If anyone has any questions about the swap meet or Sandy developments, I
will happily answer them here...
RWAP will have stock of felt pads, QL on a Stick, Minerva and SuperRAM as
they become available. They will also be available direct from the Sandy
store.
I have made the decision to not list prices or link to sale pages because
this is not an ad - it's an update. If the list-owner gives me permission
to list prices or give links, I will do so in future, but only if there is
something significant to announce. I will also not sell products until
they
are available to ship off the shelf.
Thank you for reading!
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Dave Park
Sandy Electronics, LLC
d...@sinclairql.com
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