Re: QL upgrade versus Q68
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:57 am
Hi Peter,
What is the benefit of connecting the Q68 to a QL...
What is the benefit of connecting the Q68 to a QL...
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The Q68 could act as the UltraGold-Video-RAM-ROM-SER-Mouse-Sound-Dual-SDHC-RTC-Battery-Ethernet extension cardDerek_Stewart wrote:What is the benefit of connecting the Q68 to a QL...
It sounds worth it, just for thatPeter wrote:At least case and keyboard would still be original, and the original mainboard acting as coprocessor for the keyboard. I admit that it would be crazy.
Seems to be the best solution . What, if one asks for the microdrives to play "The Pawn"...?Peter wrote:The Q68 could act as the UltraGold-Video-RAM-ROM-SER-Mouse-Sound-Dual-SDHC-RTC-Battery-Ethernet extension card
All of those QL extensions were actually requested!
At least case and keyboard would still be original, and the original mainboard acting as coprocessor for the keyboard. I admit that it would be crazy.
Many thanks for your hint, that is a nice board. Not of direct use for Q68, which has no USB.robheaton wrote:If you wanted to use the QL original keyboard, perhaps the QL USB keyboard mod by Tynemouth Software could be used?
http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/201 ... board.html
Preliminary specs:pjw wrote:Peter, it looks gorgeous Could you list the specs, please?