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Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:07 pm
by stephen_usher
Seen today on eBay, a QL with Miracle Systems high density twin floppy drive could that be a Gold card???
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-QL- ... Sw9RdbKRtK
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:16 pm
by stephen_usher
Actually, it's a Super Gold Card.
That bloke doesn't know that what he has is true gold!
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:19 am
by vanpeebles
Great spot that! I reckon the bidding will be high.
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:50 pm
by Pr0f
It will now the cat's been debagged
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:54 pm
by XorA
A feeding frenzy of forum sharks shall now commence!
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:49 pm
by stephen_usher
I bid £200... and have just been outbid by someone who's bought over 900 items. Though the person who's bought 4500 has been left behind...
I'm guessing the high number people are probably those who buy and try to resell at a profit.
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:25 pm
by XorA
Went for less that a SGC typically goes for
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:05 pm
by Derek_Stewart
stephen_usher wrote:I bid £200... and have just been outbid by someone who's bought over 900 items. Though the person who's bought 4500 has been left behind...
I'm guessing the high number people are probably those who buy and try to resell at a profit.
Too expensive, you could of bought a Q68 for less than that...
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:07 am
by Peter
The Q68 does not plug into the QL extension bus though. I was for long time undecided whether I should pick that internal option.
The hardware changes are relatively small, just a few bus buffers, the connector and a power regulator.
While SGC has no graphics controller, sampled sound, nor harddisk-like storage, the Q68 has. I'm sure it would sell as SGC successor.
Also I think that a fast SER port has become more important than PAR these days, and the PS/2 mouse saves a QIMI interface.
Re: Seen on eBay: Is this a Gold card?
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:09 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi Peter,
I would certainly like a Q68 that connects to a QL. Which give good stable hardware.
I have 2 SGCs with damage to the CPU pins. I might have to remove the CPU and solder a new CPU in. Not easy, but can done.
Maybe the Vampire II from the A600 could be fitted to the SGC... or maybe I am just daydreaming.