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A Q68!

@dilwyn - I thought you already had one? Is this your second and is so is the plan to network them up via ethernet?

dilwyn wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:17 am A Q68!
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Gorgeous! Congratulations!

Sparrowhawk wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:48 am @dilwyn - I thought you already had one? Is this your second and is so is the plan to network them up via ethernet?

No, No, and No!

Actually, the third might be a yes in time, although to a QL or MinisQL rather than a second Q68.

Here is a recent acquisition.

Tim

New folding computer desk. For QL and QIMSI (when that arrives), with QPC2 laptop on it for now. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144950214561

No way is that desk wide enough for a QL with mouse! heh!

I beg to differ, Jean-Yves!
One QL (OK, that's the internal QIMI one). One Gold Card. One mouse (albeit uncorded). Monitor with VGA adaptor will go where the laptop is in the picture, allowing the QL to go back and left a bit.
Reason I chose the desk is that it folds down easily for storage when not in use. Was great value at about 35 pounds.

Now all I need is a beer mat on the desk...

A second Iiyama Prolite E380S 15 inch VGA monitor, for use with a QL with a VGA adaptor board from Chr$, which you can see just behind the mouse (with blue plug). The Q68 "stole" the first of these monitors. So as I now have room to have a QL and Q68 alongside each other, it made sense to have matching monitors - struck lucky and bought a second hand one. Works perfectly with Chr$'s VGA adaptor, Marcel's QL-VGA and the Aurora/Minis-QL system I have here. Might come in handy occasionally as an external monitor for my laptop too. One of the pictures shows both the QL and Q68 systems. Next step will be adding the QIMSI when it arrives, and possibly adding a two-arm monitor stand instead of the single arm Q68 one when I'm happy with the layouts. Also looking for a small ABS box or similar to house the VGA adaptor.
Before Sparrowhawk says "I told you so" about the desk size, this isn't the new desk I posted about recently. This one is a different height to the other desk, sadly; I haven't quite finished rearranging furniture yet.