Announcement - new QL Interface

[tetroid]

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!

Yes, it easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzRLirqt_wI

Please see from 3:00

In this video full version of Quartus, but you need only Programmer,
It can be downloaded independently.

[tetroid]

Usb-blaster like this :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Usb-Blas ... 1973248233?

[tetroid]

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!!!

I think this is the next project.

[Outsoft]

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!!!

I think this is the next project.

Perfect

I will support you in all your future projects.

This line of new AIO products is really what we all need

Waiting for your amazing piece of Hardware.

Best regards.

[vanpeebles]

Yes, excellent project

[vanpeebles]

Usb-blaster like this :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Usb-Blas ... 1973248233?

Ah that seems like a great price I'll order one of them!

[Derek_Stewart]

Usb-blaster like this :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Usb-Blas ... 1973248233?

Hi ,

I also have a similar USB Blaster.

With regards to Gold Card, I have a working Gold Card, that you could borrow. Send me a PM, if you are interested.

[thorsinclair]

Very nice, great achievement - big compliments for this. This prototype looks nearly finished to me.
Is it possible to add advanced, GD2 compatible, graphics to this?

[RWAP]

I don't know if 768K would be enough for GD2 graphics, but don't think you could add them easily via the expansion port - you would need an Aurora motherboard....

[tofro]

I don't know if 768K would be enough for GD2 graphics, but don't think you could add them easily via the expansion port - you would need an Aurora motherboard....

Easy answer: A 1024 x 512 pixel display in 16k colours like what for example the Q40 has is going to need a sloppy 1.5 MB of video memory - Twice of what the Trump card can provide. High colour, hi-res GD2 graphics simply won't work in the address space of a 68008.

Beyond that, the poor 68008 might run into some severe performance problems shoving that many screen bytes around.

Even if you'd go back to palletized colour (256 colours) like the Aurora, you still need 512KB, which wouldn't leave a lot for programs.

256 colors and 512x256 resolution cost you 256kBytes, and the 8-bit colour mode is even simpler (faster) to handle than the QL native colours. That could just barely work.

Tobias