Announcement - new QL Interface

[RWAP]

Tetroid in Russia, has sent me some pictures of a new interface he has designed. It basically merges his existing Trump Card clone, with a QubIDE clone to provide an all in one memory / disk / compact flash card interface complete with Toolkit II.



More photos appear at:
http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1069.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1070.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1071.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1073.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1050.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1051.jpg

He is looking for a couple of people to test - I have said I would be interested, and would suggest Dilwyn.

Anyone else fancy one to try and feedback on this beta version?

[Outsoft]

Tetroid in Russia, has sent me some pictures of a new interface he has designed. It basically merges his existing Trump Card clone, with a QubIDE clone to provide an all in one memory / disk / compact flash card interface complete with Toolkit II.



More photos appear at:
http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1069.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1070.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1071.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1073.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1050.jpg

http://cats-chess.narod.ru/QL/QLMIO/PROT/IMG_1051.jpg

He is looking for a couple of people to test - I have said I would be interested, and would suggest Dilwyn.

Anyone else fancy one to try and feedback on this beta version?

Wow!!!

Simply incredible!!!

I'm offering to test it and buy it one

Great that have his internal memory + TK2, great job!!!

Soon we will see a clone of the Super Gold Card + Qubide too?

[vanpeebles]

I'd be up for testing it! Will it run at 5v for use with an aurora??

[dilwyn]

Ordinarily I'd say YES (Rich knows I can break just about anything computer-related) but due to the care commitments with very ill close relatives at the moment, I just can't spare the time. This definitely looks like an add-on I might buy in time though!

[Bloodnok]

Great to see!

More than happy to test if there's still an opening. Being in NZ I'll take care of the shipping costs.

Cheers,

Charles

[tetroid]

Thank you for announcement, Rich.

Wow!!!

Simply incredible!!!

I'm offering to test it and buy it one

Great that have his internal memory + TK2, great job!!!

Soon we will see a clone of the Super Gold Card + Qubide too?

The part of Trump card has 768Kb.
Really this board has 1Mb, but I dont know how to use additional 256Kb.

About Super Gold Card, I have not documentation ( schematic ) and it is impossible to buy this interface.
Perhaps, only the Gold card.

I'd be up for testing it! Will it run at 5v for use with an aurora??

This can run from standard QL system connector ( 9V ). I not added jumper for 5V power. But you can short internal DC-DC and run from 5V, or I can make 5V only for you.
I will add this jumper for next version.



Important for all testers.
You need the ALTERA USB-blaster clone ( or Byte Blaster ) for programming of ALTERA CPLD, for replacement of new firmware.

[vanpeebles]

A 5v one would be great, I'll probably take a 9v and 5v once you hit proper production. Is it easy to write the firmware using the blaster? I've never used one before!

[RWAP]

I don't have anything to program the CPLD chip, but no doubt we can find someone in the UK who can

[Outsoft]

Thank you for announcement, Rich.

Wow!!!

Simply incredible!!!

I'm offering to test it and buy it one

Great that have his internal memory + TK2, great job!!!

Soon we will see a clone of the Super Gold Card + Qubide too?

The part of Trump card has 768Kb.
Really this board has 1Mb, but I dont know how to use additional 256Kb.

About Super Gold Card, I have not documentation ( schematic ) and it is impossible to buy this interface.
Perhaps, only the Gold card.

I'd be up for testing it! Will it run at 5v for use with an aurora??

This can run from standard QL system connector ( 9V ). I not added jumper for 5V power. But you can short internal DC-DC and run from 5V, or I can make 5V only for you.
I will add this jumper for next version.



Important for all testers.
You need the ALTERA USB-blaster clone ( or Byte Blaster ) for programming of ALTERA CPLD, for replacement of new firmware.

Well a Gold Card + Qubide will be very interesting too!!!

Are you able to do it too?

Interested in the Trump card + Qubide and GC + Qubide too

Need to give to my 2 QL's an Hard Disk environment and we need also to have a GC + Qubide for test Black Phoenix QL version too

Let me know, opened to test and buy it all 2 naturally.

I'm preserving QL stuff so I can be a tester with a lot of protected programs that works on my Original Trump or GC too.

Very great job!!!

[Bloodnok]

Hi Tetroid,

I've got the ALTERA USB-blaster clone ( or Byte Blaster ) for programming of ALTERA CPLD so would have no problem updating the new firmware.

Cheers,

Charles