Spotted this on ebay.....

[dilwyn]

A near plethora of interface cards for the QL on eBay at the moment

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-QL-2 ... 500wt_1347

and here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-UNMAR ... 742wt_1332

The second item is a CST Q-Disc v1.18 according to the print on the eprom.

Not quite sure what make the 256k RAM is, though.

Dilwyn

[dilwyn]

Nice looking Cumana disk interface there too, looks like same seller.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-QL-C ... 5649863965

Dilwyn

[Mr_Navigator]

Not only that, the owner has previously bought Hoverzone from RWAP services

[vanpeebles]

I missed out on that weird QL with the 4 way expansion just went for too much. I've seen four auctions for those 4 way expansion boards and they all sold well but just who are the people buying them? We never find out

[Dave]

There will be a steady flow of TF MPlanes coming up over the coming months. They're widely regarded as the best backplane out there. They're all brand new - there are around 45 in mid-manufacture.

[RWAP]

I like the mPlane, but find its layout quite restrictive, as you cannot put a QL into a tower case with it (as it has two sockets side by side)...

[Mr_Navigator]

I like the mPlane, but find its layout quite restrictive, as you cannot put a QL into a tower case with it (as it has two sockets side by side)...

Not even vertically?

[RWAP]

Might be difficult to fit it in vertically with the disk drive bays etc.... (plus you would need to find a way of attaching it to the PC case)

[Dave]

Both problems which apply equally to any other backplane - you need to support the QL board and daughter cards, within a volume that has lots of pre-allocated space. A nice twist with the mPlane is that you have some flexibility on positioning on the front or back of the board.

On the other hand, I don't think the "perfect" backplane has been designed yet - what would it be like?

[vanpeebles]

Tea making facilities would be a good start!