[Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread thorsten herbert
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

Re: [Ql-Users] Yahoo Groups

2011-03-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Lee Privett wrote: That's a bit of a QLOAC & Dagger statement :-) Lee - Back to the QL- Dilwyn Said To clarify what I mean I'll call it "QL On A Chip or two". Hmm, OK, that's "bad joke of the week" award to Lee, I think! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-User

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
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

[Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread Peter
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

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread Malcolm Lear
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

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
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

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL Hardware

2011-03-16 Thread Bryan Horstmann
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