The Sinclair QL Forum

Hi Derek, Can Ethernet be added to QLbase, as QLbase, is an excellent addition to the Qzero. Theoretically yes, but it would be a very different board layout. Also, it would consume signals on the 40 pin GPIO header, which I want to keep as I/O for the moment. I may try and design a custom enclosure...

pjw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:38 pm Thanks, but its getting to the image file that is the problem. I'll check with Wolfgang when he's back.

I'm all for QL side programming, but if all you want is to change is the volume name of a few images, why not use the hex editor on a PC?

pjw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:43 pm PS: Could the same be done for Q68?

Not with the current Q68 board, as it has no separate video RAM. But the Qzero runs Q68 SMSQ/E.
As you will see at the meeting, a Qzero with QLbase offers similar funtionality as the Q68, plus digital video out and matrix keyboard, minus ethernet.

Hi, the Qzero has become much faster in the highest graphics resolution. That is possible because the Qzero FPGA now supports the separate video RAM, which was already present on the board. In 1024x768 @ 65536 colors, the Qzero is now about factor 2.6 faster than before, according to the BogoMIPS an...

bwinkel67 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:18 am My latest AliExpress order had room for this to bring it to free shipping (something like $1.70 for the RP2040 Zero. Can't wait to try creating this in a nice small package.

That makes the D-Sub hood more expensive than the converter Are you doing it without a carrier PCB?

Im trying to change the internal Qdos name of a QL hard drive. Use a hex editor to change the string at offset 6 in the image file. How does one do direct sector access on a Q68 QLWA virtual disk? It is probably not implemented yet. The best would be to ask Wolfgang on ql-users. Not a hardware issu...

Remember that it would have to have a custom PCB which adds multiplexing onto an 8 bit bus. As mentioned earlier, I meant a redesigned QL PiStorm board. Which would of course have an 8 bit bus. Not something using the Amiga PCB. But a smaller form factor isn't needed for the initial prototype. That...

Has anyone considered ColdFire? (I know Nasta has..) That the very first chip in the Coldfire line but no actual Coldfire CPU. It is a 68EC40 CPU with multiplexed bus. Nice chip, but not if you want to be much faster than a 68060. Some variants can reportedly be overclocked to 300MHz. You lose a lo...

stephen_usher wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:58 pm The Pi would always be too tall to fit inside the BBQL except within the expansion slot.

There are several options which fit, the nicest being a board for the CM4.

PiStorm might have quite a bit more relevance on the Amiga that brings a lot of custom chipware that's so deeply embedded in the system that you will definitely want to preserve so it still stays "an Amiga". The QL, well not so much. I think that is the essential difference. Also the Amig...