There is little you can say about add-on RAM for the QL apart from how much there is - 256K or 512K - and the price - £95 or £125. I could drone on and on about how there's a through connector for other add-ons and how it will speed up your programs ... But I won't.
Miracle Systems, Bristol.
The Italians have a reputation for stylish design which is echoed in the new range of QL peripherals from Sandy, marketed in the UK by Farmintel.
There are four products in the range, a twin expansion unit, extra memory (256K or 512K), a disc system and a printer, all styled to match the QL.
The disc interface which Farmintel normally supplies as part of its system is the Kempston unit and the drive is 80-track, double-sided.
Any new company producing add-ons for the QL deserves encouragement, especially when it's from abroad, but there is nothing to get excited about in the Sandy line-up. The two-way expander looks good, but is hardly earth-shattering; the memory board is interesting, but expensive; and the disc system and printer are simply badged products. Ten out of ten for effort, but there's room for improvement.
| Farmintel, Bedfordshire | |
| Two way expander | £39 |
| 256K memory | £129 |
| 512K memory system | £209 |
| Disc system | £239 |
| Printer | £239 |
John Lambert