Today I Received...

[mk79]

Well, I did get these two days ago, but anyway, I got a package from Tetroid with a beautiful Issue 6 Repro board and a brand new SuperGoldCard. But what was even cooler was the packaging: it was franked with 637 (yes, six hundred thirty seven!) stamps which were invalidated by not less than 117 postmarks. Yes, that I did actually count this probably tells you more about me than I'd like to admit, but I still found this freakishly cool.

[tofro]

I guess there's a story behind the stamps I'd like to know

Tobias

[robheaton]

WOW!
That is a lot of stamps!

[vanpeebles]

That is superb!

[mk79]

I guess there's a story behind the stamps I'd like to know

Me too, but unfortunately Vitaliy says this was the post office‘s doing, not his

[RalfR]

I do not understand the meaning of the missing PAR port.

[Pr0f]

I do not understand the meaning of the missing PAR port.

The new Super Gold Card clone was re-made without the Parallel Printer port - presumably because finding a suitable printer is almost impossible nowdays.

[tofro]

[...because finding a suitable printer is almost impossible nowdays.

Not really. Epson FX-80 compatible printers (the most suitable printers for a QL) with serial and parallel interfaces are still built and sold new. I have one of these (can be had for as low as 160€ new) and my QLs are happy with it.

Tobias

[Pr0f]

[...because finding a suitable printer is almost impossible nowdays.

Not really. Epson FX-80 compatible printers (the most suitable printers for a QL) with serial and parallel interfaces are still built and sold new. I have one of these (can be had for as low as 160€ new) and my QLs are happy with it.

Tobias

I did qualify my statement with "presumably" and "almost" - perhaps this is lost in translation?

[tofro]

[...because finding a suitable printer is almost impossible nowdays.

Not really. Epson FX-80 compatible printers (the most suitable printers for a QL) with serial and parallel interfaces are still built and sold new. I have one of these (can be had for as low as 160€ new) and my QLs are happy with it.

Tobias

I did qualify my statement with "presumably" and "almost" - perhaps this is lost in translation?

There was no intention to correct you (in fact, no bad intention at all). Just presume above information has almost been amended to your post

In fact I think the original SGC layout that was really packet tight with features (and ICs) - which is a bit of a show-off of manual PCB layout of the ninties - was just easier to re-create without a (presumably, sic) unnecessary parallel port. I find myself really rarely printing from a QL these days.

Tobias