robheaton wrote:
That does look pretty good, would this also work with BBC & Archimedes machines?
As for QL Hardware, I would love to see QUANTA do another run of Super Gold Cards!
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Yes it should work easily with BBC and Archimedes machines - the person that writes the software to convert disk images for use with the system is very good at identifying issues and correcting them.
As for another run of Super Gold Cards - I do think that there would be a market out there for these, but unfortunately, there is at least one chip which is now obsolete. In quite a few cases where Super Gold Cards (and Gold Cards) no longer work it is down to the Altera chip.
Now, I am sure someone will put me right on this if I get the specifics wrong, but basically, the Altera chip is a one-shot programmable logic chip and some people got their fingers burnt as the chip is not cheap and Altera altered the specifications without altering the designation for the chip, and the code for the Super Gold Card relied on some of the un-published specifications of the original, which no longer work.
Therefore, even if you can get some of the Altera chips, there is no way of knowing whether they are original spec, or the newer spec, until you program them and try them in an existing interface.
You have then wasted your money (£100s based on minimum order requirements!) - you can't sell the chips on as they cannot be re-programmed and you can't get your money back, as they are still within specification!